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Seventy  Years  History 


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Saint  Peter's 
Lutheran  and  Reformed  Congregations 


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Rittersville,  Lehigh  Co.,  Penna. 

With  Complete  Records  of  All  Members  of  Both  Congregations 
and  Sunday  Schools. 


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INTRODUCTION 

Seventy  years  history  of  a  church  is  of  such  signifi- 
cance to  a  community,  that  it  should  even  at  this  late  date 
be  put  into  permanent  form  for  the  perusal  and  benefit  of 
the  present  and  future  generations.  Present  generations 
would  fail  in  their  duties  to  posterity  unless  they  per- 
formed their  part  to  keep  green  the  memories  of  their  fore- 
bears and  the  spiritual  home  in  which  they  worshipped. 
The  growth  of  these  congregations  in  their  early  years  was 
somewhat  tardy  but  the  progressive  spirit  of  the  commun- 
ity at  this  time  is  equally  evident  in  the  congregations  both 
from  a  spiritual  and  material  standpoint.  These  sentiments 
have  prompted  the  publication  of  this  little  volume. . 

The  following  persons  constituted  the  Historical  Com- 
mittees:  Reformed,  Rev.  J.  S.  Bartholomew,  Walter  C. 
Arndt,  chairman;  Printon  Hoch,  Clayton  Heiney,  and  Wil- 
son H.  Ehret.  Lutheran,  Rev.  I.  B.  Ritter,  Dr.  R.  B. 
Klotz,  Harvey,  Billheimer,  O.  F.  Walter  and  Robert  Reich- 
art. 

These  committees  of  both  congregations  gratefully 
acknowledge  the  efficient  and  valuable  services  rendered 
them  by  Mr.  William  J.  Dietrich,  of  Allentown,  Pa. 


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History  of  St.  Peter's  Evangelical  Lutheran 

and  Reformed  Church 

of  Rittersville,  Pennsylvania 

The  church  records  of  this  union  church  contain  the 
following  facts,  which  translated  read  as  follows: 

The  inhabitants  or  citizens  of  the  surrounding  coun- 
try, who  are  at  present  members  and  jointly  worship  God 
in  this,  St.  Peter's  Church,  were  formerly  members  of  sur- 
rounding congregations.  But  as  the  population  increased, 
and  the  churches  were  so  far  distant,  they  felt  the  neces- 
sity of  having  a  church  of  their  own.  On  the  second  Tues- 
day in  January,  1842,  a  meeting  was  held  at  the  home  of 
Michael  Ritter  where  the  matter  of  building  a  church  of 
their  own  at  Rittersville  was  discussed  and  favorably  con- 
sidered. Subsequent  meetings  were  held,  when  they  finally 
concluded  to  try,  and  if  possible,  build  a  church.  An 
organization  was  effected,  and  the  following  committee 
was  appointed — Jacob  Bast,  Michael  Ritter  and  Solomon 
Flores — to  find  a  suitable  tract  of  ground  for  a  church 
building  and  cemetery.  They  soon  found  a  suitable  strip  of 
land,  located  on  the  property  of  the  Michael  Ritter  estate 
then  held  by  his  son,  Thomas,  where  the  church  now  stands. 
The  committee  reported  to  the  members  who  were  all  well- 
satisfied  with  their  selection.  Mr.  Ritter  then  withdrew  as 
a  member  of  the  committee  and  Samuel  Knauss  was  ap- 
pointed in  his  place.  They  were  instructed  to  purchase  the 
land,  if  possible,  which  they  later  did  for  thirty  ($30.00) 
dollars.  The  following  gentlemen,  viz.,  Isaac  McHose 
and  Floritan  Hoehle,  were  then  appointed  as  a  committee 
to  secure  subscriptions  for  a  building  fund.  After  the  com- 
mittee had  seen  the  majority  of  the  people  in  the  commun- 
ity, they  reported  that  a  sufficient  sum  had  been  subscribed 
to  warrant  them  to  commence  building  operations. 

A  union  organization  was  then  effected  for  the  erec- 
tion of  a  union  church.  A  building  committee  was  then 
appointed,  consisting  of  Leonard  I^aubach,  Isaac  McHose, 


8  CHURCH    HISTORY. 

Chas.  Ritter  and  Samuel  Knauss,  who  awarded  the  con- 
tract for  the  erection  of  the  church  to  David  Minnich  for 
one  thousand  and  sixty  dollars  ($1060.00).  The  materials 
were  gathered  and  building  commenced.  They  were  soon 
ready  for  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone.  At  a  meeting 
held  the  last  Tuesday  in  March,  1842,  a  dispute  arose  con- 
cerning the  naming  of  the  church.  One  man  contending 
it  should  be  named  St.  Solomon's,  another  desired  that  it 
be  called  St.  Peter's.  The  following  evening  it  was  de- 
cided by  a  vote  of  seven  to  six  to  call  it  St.  Peter's.  From 
this  time  the  name  Solomon  entirely  disappears  from  the 
history  of  the  congregation.  The  day  was  decided  upon 
and  several  ministers  were  invited,  all  of  whom  presented 
excuses,  except  the  Rev.  Joshua  Yeager,  a  Lutheran 
preacher  of  Allentown,  Pa.,  who  therefore,  officiated  alone, 
and  thus  the  corner-stone  was  laid  on  Sunday,  May  8,  1842. 
The  building  committee  continued  its  work  with  renewed 
vigor  and  in  about  three  months  the  church  was  completed, 
and  preparations  were  made  for  its  dedication,  which  took 
place  on  Saturday  and  Sunday,  August  27  and  28,  1842. 
Several  pastors  were  invited  and  all  accepted.  On  Satur- 
day forenoon,  the  Rev.  I.  T.  Hecht,  a  Lutheran  clergyman 
from  Easton,  Pa.,  officiated,  and  in  the  afternoon  the  Rev. 
I.  C.  Becker,  D.D.,  a  Reformed  clergyman  from  near 
Kreidersville.  On  Sunday  morning,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Eber- 
man,  of  the  Brethren  Church  (Moravian)  from  Bethle- 
hem, Pa.,  and  in  the  afternoon,  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Dubbs,  Re- 
formed pastor  from  Allentown,  Pa.,  officiated. 

The  church  building  being  completed,  the  congrega- 
tions were  in  need  of  pastors  and  choir  leader.  At  an  elec- 
tion subsequently  held,  the  following  persons  were  elected : 
Lutheran  Church  Council :  Elders,  Michael  Ritter  and 
George  Reichert ;  Deacons,  Jacob  Stump  and  Charles  Col- 
ver;  Trustee,  Jacob  Bast.  Reformed  Church  Council: 
Elders,  Isaac  McHose  and  Jacob  Keiper ;  Deacons,  Manas- 
sas Quier  and  John  Laubach ;  Trustee,  Leonard  Laubach ; 
Treasurer,  for  both  congregations,  Charles  Ritter.  Luth- 
eran pastor,  Rev.  Joshua  Yeager,  and  Reformed  pastor, 
Rev.  J.  S.  Dubbs;  Chorister,  Jedidia  Weiss,  of  Bethlehem, 
Pa. 

Both  pastors  and  the  chorister  received  a  salary  of 
forty  ($40.00)  dollars  per  annum,  until  1856,  when  the 
Lutheran  pastor  received  an  increase  of  ten  dollars  per  an- 
num. In  1858  both  pastors  received  forty-five  ($45.00) 
dollars  and  the  organist,  Owen  Leopold,  forty  ($40.00) 
dollars. 


THOMAS  RITTER 


CHURCH    HISTORY.  9 

In  1855  the  congregations  purchased  their  first  organ. 
A  Hughes  &  Hale  cabinet  organ,  for  which  they  paid  two 
hundred  ($200.00)  dollars.  During  the  previous  years  the 
only  instrument  used  was  a  violin,  which  was  always  used 
by  the  Chorister,  Mr.  Weiss,  in  leading  the  singing.  After 
the  organ  was  purchased,  Mr.  Weiss  resigned,  and  the  first 
organist  elected,  was  Owen  Leopold,  who  later  entered  the 
Lutheran  ministry,  and  served  several  country  parishes  in 
Lehigh  County.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  June  10,  1904, 
he  was  the  pastor  of  the  large  Fogelsville  charge.  After 
O.  Leopold,  the  following  served  as  organists  for  both  con- 
gregations: E.  J.  Reinhard,  Charles  Transue,  C.  Ron- 
thaler,  Alfred  Fatzinger,  Mr.  Unger,  Joshua  Hendricks, 
G.  C.  Souders,  Milton  T.  Reichart,  John  M.  Diefenderfer, 
Isaac  Bartholomew,  Florence  Brobst,  and  Edwin  P.  Lau- 
bach,  who  is  still  (1907)  serving  as  organist  for  the  Re- 
formed congregation.  In  1906  each  congregation  organized 
its  own  choir,  and  the  Lutheran  congregation  elected  Hor- 
ace O.  Warmkessel,  who  is  the  present  organist  (1907). 

The  following  clergymen  served  as  pastors  of  the  con- 
gregations : 

REFORMED. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Dubbs,  D.D.,  1842-1856. 
Rev.  D.  F.  Brendel,  D.D.,  1 856-1 865. 
Rev.  Isaac  K.  Loos,  D.D.,  1866-1889. 
Rev.  Tobias  Kessler,  1889- 1892. 
Rev.  J.  De  Long,  D.D.,  1892-1900. 

IZ:  £<?Ste£  \  '9^902  (supply). 

Rev.  F.  A.  Moyer,  1902-1905. 

Rev.  F.  A.  Guth,  1905-1911. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Bartholomew,  191 1 . 

LUTHERAN. 

Rev.  Joshua  Yeager,  1842- 1887. 
Rev.  A.  R.  Home,  D.D.,  1887-1903. 
Rev.  E.  H.  Eberts,  1903- 1904. 
Rev.  A.  O.  Ebert,  1904- 1906. 
Rev.  I.  B.  Ritter,  1906 . 

In  1899  the  old  church  was  remodeled  and  an  addition 
built  to  the  south  side,  making  it  an  L  church.  The  con- 
tractor for  building  the  L  addition  was  Mr.  Charles  Rit- 
ter, who  was  paid  $1,023.     The  interior  of  the  old  church 


IO  CHURCH    HISTORY. 

was  also  renovated  and  the  small  square  windows  torn  out 
and  larger  and  more  modern  windows  inserted. 

The  services  were  almost  all  conducted  in  the  German 
language  until  about  the  year  1897,  when  we  note  that  an 
English  pulpit  Bible  was  purchased  from  T.  H.  Diehl,  Al- 
lentown,  Pa.,  for  five  ($5.00)  dollars.  The  same  year 
electric  lights  were  installed  by  Contractor  U.  H.  Wieand 
for  $30.00. 

Both  congregations  prospered  and  grew  rapidly  under 
the  joint  regulations.  But  it  was  felt  that  both  congrega- 
tions would  be  mutually  benefited  if  each  would  conduct 
its  own  affairs,  hence  the  joint  relations  exclusive  of  prop- 
erty was  dissolved  and  in  1893  each  congregation  adopted 
a  constitution  governing  its  own  affairs  and  joint  rules  and 
regulations  governing  the  St.  Peter's  Union  Church  and 
Cemetery  were  ordered  printed  and  adopted  August  16, 
1903. 

The  Sunday-school  was  organized  as  a  union  school 
and  remained  such  until  January,  1906,  when  it  was  unani- 
mously resolved  to  organize  two  schools,  a  Lutheran  and 
Reformed,  thus  enabling  each  congregation  to  conduct  their 
school  on  denominational  lines,  using  the  literature  pro- 
vided by  its  publication  board. 

The  first  communion  services  held  in  the  present 
church  was  on  November  20,  1842,  by  the  Reformed  con- 
gregation, when  the  following  persons  communed :  Leon- 
ard and  Maria  Laubach,  Manassas  and  Julia  Quier,  Jacob 
and  Catherine  Keiper,  Elizabeth  and  Sarah  Deily.  Peter  and 
Magdalina  Minnich,  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  McHose,  John 
Laubach,  Hannah  Albright,  Katie  Fatzinger,  Margaret 
Ritter,  Daniel  Keiper,  Abraham  Hackman,  Elisa  Hower, 
John  Knoll,  Solomon  Keiper,  Joseph  Moll,  Abraham  Min- 
nich, Lydia  Sliter,  Aaron  Mack,  William,  Charles  and 
Sarah  Noll,  Elizabeth  Frey,  Lydia  and  Margaret  Minnich. 
Total,  31. 

The  first  Lutheran  communion  services  were  held  on 
April  19,  1843,  when  the  following  came  to  the  Lord's 
Table:  Jacob  Bast,  Michael  Ritter,  Samuel  and  Eliza 
Knauss,  George  and  Lydia  Reichert,  Miss  Reichert,  Henri- 
etta Reichert,  Carl  and  Magdalina  Colver,  Conrad  and 
Sarah  Frey,  Maria  Hose,  Jacob  and  Rebecca  Stump,  Hein- 
rich  and  Margaret  Gable,  Nickolas  and  Catharine  Wenner, 
Thomas  Ritter,  Florentine  Hoehle,  John  and  Catharine 
Eberhard,  Carl  and  Dianna  Ritter,  Henrietta  Miller,  Jonas 
Albright,  John,  Dorothea  and  Lucretia  Hower,  Adam  and 
Lucinda  Walter,  Josie  and  Maria  Herbel,  Joseph   Deily, 


CHURCH    HISTORY. 


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William  and  Sarah  Meyer,  Carl  Deily,  Joseph  Florey, 
Susan  Clader,  Rosina  and  Louisa  Hoehle,  Elwina  Baum- 
gartner,  Catharine  Bast,  Mesilie  Hower,  Elizabeth  Hill- 
man,  Margaretta  Flory,  Maria  Moll,  Elizabeth  Quier,  Hen- 
rietta Fenner.     Total,  52. 

The  first  class  confirmed  by  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Dubbs, 
D.D.,  Reformed  pastor  in  November,  1844,  consisted  of 
the  following: 


Nathaniel  Moll, 
Owen  Albright, 
William    McHose, 
Josiah  B.   George, 
John  Diehl, 
Benjamin  Keiper, 
Matilda  Albright, 
Sarah  Ann   Bush, 
Maria  Brader, 

The  first  class  confirmed  by  the  Rev.  Joshua  Yeager 
(Lutheran  pastor),  December  25,  1844,  consisted  of  the 
following : 


Lydia  Ann  Snyder, 
Lydia  Ann  George, 
Henrietta  Snyder, 
Kittie    Licht, 
Susanna    Macks, 
Elizabeth  McHose, 
Henrietta  Musick, 
Sarah  Clader, 


Charles  Hower, 
Franklin  Ritter, 
Henry   Moyer, 
Paul  Reichart, 
Charles   Dickson, 
Paul  Fatzinger, 
Charles  Harvey, 
Henry   Eberhard, 
Marv    Beidler, 


Mary  Ritter, 
Dianna  Knauss, 
Rebecca   Beidler, 
Sarah  Bauer, 
Lucy  A.  Kramer, 
Dianna  Flory, 
Sarah  Moll, 
Mary  Sterner, 
Amelia  Ritter, 


12  CHURCH    HISTORY. 

CONSISTORY  REFORMED  CONGREGATION. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Bartholomew,  President. 

Tilghman    Moll,    Vice-President. 

Walter  C.  Arndt,  Recording  Secretary, 

Printon  Hoch,  Financial   Secretary. 

Allen    Schultz,   Treasurer. 

John  M.   Snyder,  Trustee. 

Elders. 

Tilghman  Moll, 
David  Poe. 

Deacons. 

Wilson  H.  Ehret, 

Jerome   Brader, 

Clayton    Heiney, 

Henry    Siegfried. 

Board   of   Trustees. 

Walter  C.  Arndt, 

Robert  Flores, 

Frederick   Schiffert. 


CHURCH  COUNCIL  LUTHERAN  CONGREGATION. 

Elders. 

Edmund   Walter, 
Henry  Eslinger. 

Deacons. 

Thomas  Renner, 

Dr.  R.  B.  Klotz, 

Harvey    Billheimer, 

Reuben  Krause. 

Trustees. 

Milton   T.    Reichart, 
O.  F.  Walter, 

Treasurer. 

Edmond  Walter. 

Secretary. 

O.  F.  Walter. 

Financial  Secretary. 

Harvey    Billheimer. 


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St.  Peter's  Union  Sunday  School 

The  St.  Peter's  Union  Sunday-school,  at  Rittersville, 
Pa.,  was  organized  on  the  13th  day  of  May,  i860.  The 
following  were  elected  to  serve  as  officers : 

E.  J.  Reichard,  Superintendent. 

E.  T.  Trice,  Assistant   Superintendent. 

Samuel  Krause,  President. 

Christian  Gross,  Secretary. 

Asher  T.  Ritter,  Treasurer. 

A.  C.  Roth,  Overseer  on  Male  Side. 

Lafayette  Colver,  Overseer  on  Female  Side. 

At  the  same  meeting  the  following  teachers  were  also 

elected : 

Male;  Female 

Christian  Gross,  Diana  Moyer, 

Thomas  Baumgardner,  E.  Amelia  Walter, 

Charles   Wonderly,  Fayette  Colver, 

A.  C.  Roth,  Mary  Baumgardner, 

Asher  T.  Ritter,  Anna  M.   Stump, 

Oliver  Walter,  Sophia  Stump, 

Martin  Hackman,  Diana  Ehrig, 

Charles  Moyer. 
Since  the  organization  of  the  Sunday-school,  the  fol- 
lowing have  also  served  as  superintendents  of  the  Union 
school.  , 

Francis  Lehr,  Robert  Spinner,  Edwin  Osenbach,  for 
twenty-three  years,  his  brother  Tilghman  succeeding  him 
and  served  for  ten  years,  after  which  Oliver  Walter  served 
until  the  separation  in  1906  into  two  denominational  Sun- 
day-schools,  namely,    Lutheran  and   Reformed. 

Present  officers,  teachers  and  members  of  St.  Peter's 
Reformed  Sunday-school : 

President,    Printon    Hoch. 

Vice  President,  Alfred  Hoehle. 

Superintendent,  Wilson  Kichline. 

Assistant  Superintendent,  Oliver  Texter. 

13 


14  HISTORY   OF   SUNDAY   SCHOOL. 

Secretary,   Clarence   Hoehle. 

Treasurer,  Wallace  O.  Snyder. 

Recording  Secretary,  Robert  Flores, 

Organist,  Prof.  E.  P.  Laubach. 

Deacons,  Clarence  Heiney  and  Charles  Weiland. 

Librarians,  Oscar  Snyder,  Ada  and  Eva  Kresge. 

Supt.   of  Home  Department,  Mrs.   Frank  Walter. 

Supt.  of  Cradle  Roll,  Mrs.  Bayard  B.  Fackenthal. 

Class  No.  i,  Walter  C.  Arndt,  teacher.  Charles 
Strohm,  Edwin  Quier,  David  Poe,  John  Ebelshauser,  Hettie 
Quier,  Sarah  Neitz,  Maggie  Flores,  Lucy  Kichline,  Mrs. 
Jeremiah  Strohm,  Louisa  Reichert,  Annie  Strohm. 

Class  No.  2,  Oliver  F.  Texter,  teacher.  Robert  Flores, 
Wallace  Snyder,  Printon  Hoch,  Jerome  Brader,  Elmer 
Sandis,  Frank  Schultz,  Charles  Weiland,  George  Biegley, 
Mark  Van  Horn,  Clarence  Hoehle,  Clarence  Heiney,  Har- 
vey Mack,  Fred  A.  Schiffert,  Harold  Krassley,  Harry  Mil- 
ler, Roy  Clewell,  Oscar  C.  Snyder,  Howard  Kresge,  Philip 
Ebelshauser,  Oscar  Patterson  Raymond  Miller,  Herbert 
Bernhard. 

Class  No.  3,  Mabel  Brophy,  teacher.  Thomas  Poe, 
William  Van  Horn,  Frank  Brophy,  Harold  Flores,  Roy 
Patterson,  Steward  Yelles,  Ray  Miller,  Howard  Newhard, 
Frank  Bowers,  Henry  Frederick 

Class  No.  4,  Mrs.  William  Osenbach,  teacher.  Mary 
Ebelshauser,  Florence  Ritter,  Tillie  Brophy,  Esther  Gro- 
man,  Margaret  Sebring,  Hattie  Harris,  Margaret  Clauss, 
Mabel  Keiper,  Cora  Glose,  Cleora  Ravert,  Pearl  Huber, 
Ida  Kreassley,  Ella  Sterner. 

Class  No.  5,  Alfred  Hoehle,  teacher.  Thomas  Walter, 
Paul  Minnich,  Thomas  Martin,  Paul  Grube,  Elmer  Miller, 
Paul  Arndt,  Earl  Hartman,  Robert  Sobers,  Edgar  Sobers, 
John  King,  Raymond  Breganzer,  Walter  Laskowski,  Har- 
old Anthony,  William  Bowers,  Henry  U.  Bartholomew, 
Warren  Siegfried,  William  Mack. 

Class  No.  6,  Mrs.  Frank  Walter,  teacher.  Eva  Kresge, 
Mamie  Butz,  Ida  Heimbach,  Ada  Krassley,  Minnie 
Heimbach,  Ada  Kresge,  Agnes  Devlin,  Erma  Harris,  Lillie 
Knoll,  Jennie  Werst,  Myrtle  G.  Fink. 

Class  No.  7,  Mrs!  Alfred  Hoehle,  teacher.  Mabel 
Brophy,  Helen  Minnich,  Helen  Patterson,  Hattie  Bodman, 
Florence  Miller,  Adeline  Scholl,  A.  Brophy,  Alavesta  Roth- 
rock. 

Class  No.  8,  Prof.  E.  P.  Laubach,  teacher.  Mrs. 
Emma   Bickert,    Mrs.    Mary   Harris,   Miss   Carrie   Flores, 


HISTORY  OF   SUNDAY   SCHOOL.  1 5 

Miss  Charlotte  Mallatratt,  Mrs.  Sallie  Snyder,  Mrs.  Re- 
becca Christine,  Mrs.  Stanley  Koch,  Mrs.  Oliver  Krassley, 
Mrs.  Flora  Klingeman,  Mrs.  Helen  Bittenbender. 

Class  No.  9,  Mrs.  Oliver  F.  Texter,  teacher.  Annie 
Ebelshauser,  Mary  Scholl,  Helen  Rube,  Ruth  Minnich, 
Elsie  Ruhe,  Florence  Worman,  Mary  Worman,  Viola  Sieg- 
fried, Elsie  Koenig,  Elizabeth  Ruppert,  Esther  Shireman, 
Margaret  Frederick,  Irene  Ravert,  Hilda  Keiper. 

Class  No.  10,  Mrs.  Frank  Schultz,  teacher.  Margaret 
Groman,  Elsie  Bachman,  Ida  Krassley,  Winretta  Laubach, 
Florence  Rothruck,  Grace  Groman,  Lucy  Flores,  Hattie 
Huffert,  Margaret  Miller,  Helen  Emery,  Mabel  Koenig, 
Dorothy  King,  Oreda  Frederick,  Grace  Minnich,  Florence 
Mertz,  Hattie  Rothrock,  Mildred  Nagel,  Mildred  Gilbert, 
Effie  Sterner. 

Class  No.  ii,  Calvin  S.  Bartholomew,  teacher.  Mar- 
ion Nippert,  Harvey  Kichline,  Walter  Flores,  Stanley  Go- 
man,  Albert  Poe,  Edgar  Poe,  Paul  Greeves,  Herbert 
Krassley. 

Supply  teachers,  Miss  Katie  Clewell,  Mrs.  Jerome 
Brader,  Mrs.  P.  Yellis,  Mrs.  Wilson  Kichline,  Mrs.  Bayard 
Fackenthal,  Miss  Laura  Donnecker,  Minnie  Repsher,  Mrs. 
Charles  Weiland,  Miss  Adeline  Scholl,  Mrs.  Printon  Hock, 
Mrs.  Milton  Kresge,  Miss  Helen  Patterson,  Rev.  J.  S. 
Bartholomew  and  Mrs.  Rev.  J.  S.  Bartholomew. 

Infant  Department,  Superintendent,  Mrs.  Robert 
Flores,  Assistant  Superintendent,  Mrs.  Oscar  Patterson ; 
Organists,  Mrs.  Charles  Weiland  and  Miss  Helen  Patter- 
son. Pupils,  Stanley  Freed,  Thomas  Grubes,  William 
Hartranft,  Clarence  Krassley,  Truman  Nippert,  Chester 
Rogers,  Howard  Ruhe,  Harold  Summons,  Edward  Texter, 
Earl  Herring,  Dora  Brophy,  Helen  Bower,  Emma  Flores, 
Verna  Freed,  Edith  Hoffert,  Francis  Minnich,  Verna  Ruhe, 
Evelyn  Summons,  Mary  Tuggitt,  Beatrice  Rothrock,  Joshua 
F.  Bartholomew,  Ruth  S.  Bartholomew,  Hilda  Sterner, 
Nellie  Sterner,  Clifford  Christ,  Russell  Gruber,  Carl  Min- 
nich, Paul  Miller,  Willie  Koenig,  Stanley  Rube,  Charles 
Siegfried,  Thomas  Gruber,  Albert  Ruppert,  Henry  Yonker, 
Louis  Miller,  Hazel  Appel,  Elsie  Brophy,  Myrian  Flores, 
Grace  Gerberich,  Mabel  Miller,  Mirian  Sebring,  Mary  Tug- 
gitt, Louisa  Shipe,  Nellie  Bower,  Margaret  Yauser,  Beatrice 
Schultz,  Ada  Jones,  Mildred  Flores,  Dorothea  Hoffert, 
May  Martin,  Rachel  Minnich,  Eva  Jones,  Hattie  Gruber, 
Dorothea  Schuffert,  Pearl  Siegfried,  Pearl  Summons,  Ger- 
trude Tregitt,  Carl  Brophy,  Edward  Martin,  Paul  Kresge, 
Floyd  Ritter,  Paul  Sebring,  Lester  Van  Horn,  Raymond 


l6  HISTORY  OF   SUNDAY   SCHOOL. 

Herring,  Ralph  Kressley,  Francis  Appel,  Mabel  Gruber, 
Esther  Harry,  Esther  King,  Margurite  Laubach,  Hilda 
Martin,  Lillie  Miller,  Christine  Ruppert  and  Florence 
Schultz. 

HOME   DEPARTMENT. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  St.  Peter's  Reformed  Sun- 
day-school held  on  the  first  Sunday  in  January,  1910,  for 
the  election  of  officers  and  teachers  of  the  said  Sunday- 
school,  Miss  Annie  E.  Bachman  was  elected  to  organize 
a  home  department,  the  object  of  which  was  to  promote  the 
study  of  the  Bible  in  connection  with  the  Sunday-school, 
among  those  who  for  any  reason  did  not  attend  its  sessions. 
On  February  6,  1910,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Snyder,  Mrs.  Frank 
Walter  and  Mrs.  Louisa  Reichard  were  appointed  as  help- 
ers and  the  home  department  was  organized. 

Literature  was  procured  and  the  helpers  went  to  work, 
the  first  members  being  enrolled  on  April  3,  1910.  At  the 
end  of  the  first  quarter,  on  June  26,  1910,  the  Superinten- 
dent  reported    35   members   enrolled.     On   December   31, 

1910,  46   members   were   enrolled   and   on   December   31, 

191 1,  the  report  gives  an  enrollment  of  78,  while  the  re- 
ports of  June,  191 2,  give  a  total  membership  of  86,  with 
Mrs.  Frank  Walter  as  Superintendent  and  the  following 
helpers:  Mrs.  W.  O.  Snyder,  Mrs.  Frank  Walter,  Miss 
Ada  Kresge,  Mrs.  Edward  Quier,  Miss  Adeline  Scholl, 
Mrs.  Charles  Issler  and  Mrs.  Louisa  Reichard. 

CRADLE  ROLL. 

The  Superintendent  is  Mrs.  Bayard  B.  Fackenthal  and 
now  has  a  membership  of  forty-seven.  It  was  organized 
at  the  same  time  the  Home  Department  was  organized,  with 
Miss  Annie  E.  Bachman  as  its  first  superintendent,  who 
served  until  in  the  Summer  of  1912,  when  she  resigned 
and  was  succeeded  by  the  present  superintendent. 

THE  CHRISTIAN  ENDEAVOR  SOCIETY. 

This  society  was  organized  Sunday,  April  28,  191 2,  by 
members  of  the  Reformed  congregation  and  Sunday-school 
at  the  suggestion  of  the  pastor  and  the  above  name  was 
adopted.  The  following  served  as  its  first  officers :  President, 
Rev.  J.  S.  Bartholomew;  vice  president,  Clarence  Heiney; 
recording  secretary,  Clarence  Hoehle,  corresponding  secre- 
tary, Oliver  Texter ;  organist,  Prof.  E.  P.  Laubach ;  assist- 
ant organist,  Mrs.  Charles  Weiland. 


HISTORY  OF   SUNDAY   SCHOOL.  If 

Present  officers  of  St.  Peter's  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Sunday-school : 

Main   School. 

President,  Raymond  Walters. 

Superintendent,  Dr.  R.  B.  Klotz, 

Ass't  Superintendent,  Robert  T.  Reichart. 

Secretary,    Howard    Walter. 

Ass't  Secretary,  Harry  Shireman, 

Organist,  Milton  T.  Reichart, 

Ass't  Organist,  H.  O.  Warmkessel, 

Treasurer,  Milton  T.  Reichart. 

Librarians,  Floyd  Stanley,  Arthur  Rabenold,  Clayton 

Reichart. 

Deacons,  Harry  Reichart,  Robert  Ritter. 

Overseer,  Oliver  Walter. 

Male  Teachers. 

Rev.  I.  B.  Ritter,  Dr.  R.  B.  Klotz, 

G.  T.  Osenbach,  Oliver  Walters, 

William  Bittner,  Robert  T.  Reichart, 

Herbert  Walter,  H.  O.  Warmkessel, 

Robert  Ruhe,  Raymond  Walter. 
Alfred  Reichart, 

Female  Teachers. 
Mrs.  Annie  Kern,  Miss  Florence  Frankenfield, 

Mrs.  Alice  Bittner,  Miss  Gertie  Weiser, 

Mrs.  Carrie  Ritter,  Miss  Minnie  Texter, 

Mrs.  Florence  Fisher,  Miss  Alice  Bower, 

Mrs.  William  Osenbach,         Miss  Elsie  Fenchel. 
Miss  Annie  Walters, 

Class  No.  i,  G.  T.  Osenbach,  teacher.  Mrs.  Clinton 
Wehr,  Mrs.  Harvey  Osenbach,  Mrs.  Milton  Reichart,  Mrs. 
Eli  Frankenfield,  Mrs.  Peter  Biegley,  Mrs.  G.  T.  Osenbach, 
Mrs.  Wm.  Solliday,  Mrs.  Joseph  Knoll,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Osen- 
bach, Mrs.  Jacob  Ross,  Mrs.  Milton  Ritter,  Mrs.  R.  B. 
Klotz,  Mrs.  Alfred  Seager,  Mrs.  Samuel  Stump,  Mrs.  John 
Koenig,  Miss  Lizzie  Shireman,  Miss  Lizzie  Knopp,  Mr. 
Wm.  Osenbach. 

Class  No.  2,  Frank  D.  Herbster,  teacher.  Philip  Ebels- 
hauser,  Carl  Finger,  Robert  Knoll,  Sauel  Waller,  Oscar 
Maurer,  Charles  Symons,  Benjamin  Roth,  Raymond  Kei- 
per,  Harvey  Mack,  Harvey  Texter,  John  Kuhns,  Weston 
Deily,  William  Flores,  Edwin  Brophy,  Frank  Texter,  Clus- 
ton  Werst,  Marcus  Van  Horn,  William  Leiser. 

Class   No.   3,  Dr.   R.   B.   Klotz,  teacher.     Miss   Mamie 


l8  HISTORY  Otf   SUNDAY   SCHOOL. 

Butz,  Miss  Martha  Rodgers,  Miss  Ada  Kresge,  Miss  Lillie 
Knoll,  Miss  Eva  Kresge,  Miss  Annie  Harris,  Miss  Gussie 
Brophy,  Miss  Mabel  Brophy,  Miss  Helen  Munuch,  Miss 
Ada  Krasley,  Miss  Eva  Bachman,  Miss  Florence  Miller, 
Miss  Hannah  Weiser,  Miss  Jennie  Weist,  Miss  Minnie 
Weiser,  Miss  Mabel  Dilgert,  Miss  Florence  Weiser,  Miss 
Beulah  Moyer,  Miss  Lillie  Leiser,  Miss  Hattie  Bodman, 
Miss  Florence  Nagle,  Miss  Erma  Hams,  Miss  Elsie  Osman, 
Miss  Stella  Osman,  Miss  Marie  Bodman,  Miss  May  Kuhns, 
Miss  Minnie  Conrad,  Miss  Alavesta  Rothrock,  Miss  Hilda 
Conrad,  Miss  Flossie  Nagle,  Miss  Hattie  Zeiner,  Mrs.  War- 
ren Butz,  Miss  Florence  Rinker,  Miss  Lizzie  Boyer,  Miss 
Myrtle  Fink. 

Class  No.  4,  H.  O.  Warmkessel,  teacher.  Mrs.  J. 
Beidler,  Mrs.  Chas.  Kratzer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Peifer,  Mrs.  Wm. 
Maurer,  Mrs.  Minor  Kidd,  Mrs.  Rob't  Reichart,  Mrs. 
Alfred  Reichart,  Mrs.  Harry  Reichart,  Mrs.  Wm.  Roth, 
Mrs.  L.  Texter,  Mrs.  Wm.  Moyer,  Mrs.  H.  O.  Warmkessel, 
Mrs.  Herbert  Werst,  Mrs.  Carrie  Mertz,  Mrs.  Charles 
Kogelman,  Mrs.  Howard  Walters,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Werst,  Miss 
Mable  Bickert,  Mr.  Harry  Stump,  Mr.  Thomas  Renner, 
Mr.  J.  Henry  Peifer,  Mr.  Charles  Kratzer,  Mr.  Edmund 
Walter,  Mr.  Samuel  Solliday,  Mr.  Reuben  Krauss,  Mr. 
Harvey  Billheimer,  Mr.  Henry  Eslinger,  Mr.  L.  Kern, 
Mr.  John  Beutel,  Mr.  Charles  Martin,  Mr.  H.  L.  Werst, 
Dr.  C.  C.  Rodgers. 

Class  No.  5,  Miss  Alice  Bower,  teacher.  Margaret 
Groman,  Mamie  Kichline,  Winrettis  Lobach,  Ida  Krasley, 
Florence  Rothrock,  Eleanora  Wain. 

Class  No.  6,  Miss  Minnie  Texter,  teacher.  Esther 
Harris,  Helen  Moyer,  Lillie  Miller,  Frances  Walter,  Lil- 
lian Rabenold,  Mable  Rinker,  Margaret  Laubach,  Grace 
Minnich,  Verna  Ebert,  Effie  Sterner,  Sadie  Cressman,  Ma- 
ble Gruver. 

Class  No.  7,  Mrs.  Carrie  Ritter,  teacher.  Edith  Wal- 
ter, Margaret  Miller,  Mildred  Nagle,  Mae  Renner,  Florence 
Mertz,  Hattie  Rothrock,  Eva  Fetters. 

Class  No.  8,  Mrs.  Alice  Bittner,  teacher.  Flora  Kich- 
line, Dorothy  King,  Esther  King,  Herman  Werst,  Mary 
Fravel,  Frances  Apple. 

Class  No.  9,  Miss  Florence  Frankenfield,  teacher. 
Mable  Koenig,  Hattie  Hoffert,  Hattie  Piefer,  Elsie  Rhue, 
Helen  Rhue,  Viola  Seigfried,  Delia  Rabenold,  Florence 
Worman,  Mary  Worman,  Marian  Zartler,  Ellen  Sterner. 

Class   No.    io,    Miss   Elsie   Fenchel,   teacher.     Emma 


HISTORY  OF   SUNDAY    SCHOOL.  10 

Knopp,  Florence  Finger,  Ruth  Minnich,  Anna  Ebelshauser, 
Esther  Shireman,  Pearl  Renner,  Hilda  Keiper,  Margaret 
Frederick,  Stella  Mentzell. 

Class  No.  11,  Mrs.  Annie  Kern,  teacher.  Tillie 
Brophy,  Esther  Groman,  Mary  Ebelshauser,  Hattie  Harris, 
Margaret  Clauss,  Margaret  Sebring,  Emily  Kichline,  Mae 
Kuhns,  Helen  Peifer. 

Class  No.  12,  Miss  Annie  Walter,  teacher.  Florence 
Ritter,  Elsie  Koenig,  Mary  Leiser,  Pauline  Fogleman, 
Elizabeth  Ruppert,  Elsie  Bachman,  Mabel  Keiper. 

Class  No.  13,  Mr.  Robert  T.  Reichart,  teacher.  Paul 
Minnich,  Thomas  Martin,  John  King,  Wm.  Maurer,  Earl 
Hartranft,  Paul  Grube,  Harold  Anthony. 

Class  No.  14,  Mr.  William  Bittner,  teacher.  Charles 
Horn,  Elmer  Miller,  Paul  Arndt,  Raymond  Bregenzer, 
Arthur  Weiser,  William  Mack. 

Class  No.  15,  Miss  Gertie  Weiser,  teacher.  Paul 
Klotz,  John  Wehr,  Elmer  Rodgers,  Truman  Fogel,  Edgar 
Poe,   Stanley  Groman,  Clifford  Knopp,  Wm.  Brown. 

Class  No.  16,  Alfred  Reichart,  teacher.  Lewis  Texter, 
Alfred  Poe,  Williams  Kuhns,  Floyd  Martin,  Herbert  Peifer, 
Myron  Nippert,  Oliver  Krasley,  Henry  Krasley,  Herbert 
Krasley. 

Class  No.  17,  Herbert  Walter,  teacher.  Thomas  Poe, 
Warren  Acker,  Leroy  Patterson,  Edward  Kuhns,  Frank 
Brophy,  Harold  Flores,  Harold  Sebring. 

Class  No.  18,  Raymond  Walter,  teacher.  George  Beig- 
ley,  George  Blacker,  John  Horn,  William  Leiser,  Harry 
Miller,  Stanley  Siegfried,  Wm.  Van  Horn,  Wm.  Osman, 
John  Mentzell,  John  Waechle,  Charles  Waechle. 

Summary. 

Main  School. 

Male  Female 

Officers,  14  o 

Teachers,   6  11 

Bible  Class,  32  70 

Scholars,    48  67 


100  148 
Infant  Department. 

Officers,  o  3 

Teachers,    1  6 

Scholars,    41  92 

42  101 


20  HISTORY   OF   SUNDAY   SCHOOL. 

Officers  of  Infant  Department. 

Supt,  Mrs.  F.  D.  Herbster. 
Asst.  Supt.  Mrs.  Agnes  Shireman. 
Organist,  Miss  Helen  Walter. 
Teachers. 
Miss  Lottie   Hoehle,  Mrs.  Reuben  Krauss, 

Miss  Florence  Butz,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Rodgers, 

Miss  Edith  Knapp,  Mr.  Robert  Ruhe. 

Mrs.  J.  Beitler, 

Teacher,  Mrs.  F.  D.  Herbster.  Mrs.  Wm.  HofTert, 
Mrs.  Thos.  Shireman,  Mrs.  Harry  Groman,  Mrs.  Roy 
Werst,  Mrs.  Mary  Reichart,  Mrs.  Wm.  Krause,  Mrs.  Al- 
fred Krause,  Mrs.  Warren  Ritter,  Mrs.  Thomas  Martin, 
Mrs.  William  Christ,  Mrs.  Francis  Martin,  Mrs. 
Hilda  Christ,  Mrs.  Harvey  Billheimer,  Lester  Bill- 
heimer,  Mrs.  Arthur  Fisher,  Katharine  Fisher,  Mrs.  Harry 
Stump,  Luther  Stump,  Mrs.  Harry  Mahlon,  Ralph  Mahlon, 
Mrs.  Morris  Texter,  George  Texter,  Mrs.  Harry  Reichart, 
Paul  Reichart. 

Teacher,  Miss  Helen  Walter.  Paul  Miller,  Edwin 
Martin,  Roland  Daniels,  Floyd  Ritter,  Lester  Van  Horn, 
Earl  Walters,  Truman  Kidd,  Paul  Sebring,  Henry  Yonkin, 
Wm.  Blacker. 

Teacher,  Mrs.  Reuben  Krause,  William  King,  Walter 
Wehr,  Robert  Werst,  Wm.  Waelchle,  Clifford  Christ,  Paul 
Renner,  Chas.  Siegfried,  Albert  Ruppert,  Marlon  Gilbert, 
Mivan  Ebert. 

Teacher,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Rodgers.  Hilda  Stump,  Hilda 
Breisch,  Elsie  Breisch,  Miriam  Sebring,  Esther  Radel,  Lucy 
Koenig,  Ellen  Kichline,  Naomi  Kunkel,  Catharine  Camp- 
bell, Thresa  Kogleman,  Evelyn  Sommons,  Mary  Tugood, 
Anna  Sterner,  Lillie  Blacker,  Mary  Yonkin,  Andrey  Smith, 
Mildred  Gilbert 

Teacher,  Miss  Florence  Butz,  Myrtle  Sommons, 
Urcella  Nagle,  Laura  Ruhe,  Sophia  Unverzagt,  Dorothea 
Hoffert,  Evelyn  Rabenold,  Mildred  Flores,  Pearl  Siegfried, 
May  Martin,  Etna  King,  Gertrude  Tugood,  Eta  Jones,  Eva 
Jones,  Louise  Shipe,  Ellen  Sterner,  Viola  Laub,  Rebecca 
Krauss,  Elsie  Groman,  Dorothy  Werst,  Ellen  Bachman, 
N.  Walters,  Pearl  Huber. 

Teacher,  Miss  Lottie  Hoehle.  Grace  Groman,  Elsie 
Brophy,  Francis  Werst,  Florence  Ruhe,  Dorothy  Sommons 
Grace  Gerberich,  Viola  Kuhns,  Esther  Walters,  Ruth  Radel, 
Mary  Angehr,  Dorothea  Kuhns,  Mabel  Esch,  Harold  Gross, 
Nettie  Sterner. 


HISTORY  OF   SUNDAY   SCHOOL.  21 

Teacher,  Mrs.  J.  Beitler.  Hilda  Martin,  Verna  Ruhe, 
Helen  Maurer,  Pauline  Maurer,  Francis  Wehr,  Helen  Un- 
verzagt,  Beatrice  Rothrock,  Luella  Rabenold,  Florence  Neff, 
Mable  Miller,  Francis  Minnich,  Dora  Brophy,  Edith  Hof- 
fert,  Carl  Brophy,  Clara  Eschky,  Jennie  Blacker,  Annie 
Blacker,  May  Rothrock,  Fanny  Rothrock,  Areda  Frederick, 
Mary  Reaser,  Theodore  Rothrock,  Hilda  Sterner,  Frank 
Zartler. 

Teacher,  Edith  Knopp.  Edwin  Texter,  Truman  Nip- 
pert,  Lewis  Unverzagt,  Howard  Ruhe,  Raymond  Werst, 
William  Kichline,  Paul  Kuhns,  Harold  Sommons,  William 
Hartranft,  Frank  Kogleman,  John  Cauler,  Earle  Haring. 

Teacher,  M.  Robert  Ruhe.  Harold  Werst,  Paul  Fin- 
ger, John  Finger,  Freddie  Neff,  Albert  Werst,  Stanley 
Ruhe,  Fred  Buckmiller,  Paul  Worseck,  Jacob  Brown,  Earl 
Rothrock,  Harvey  Rinker,  Erwin  Rinker,  Ray  Herring, 
Thomas  Mahlon,  Franz  Mahlon,  Alfred  Kogleman,  John 
Ritter. 

LUTHER  LEAGUE. 

This  league  was  organized  principally  by  and  for  our 

young  people,  September  6,  1907.     Its  first  officers  were: 

President,   Robert   Reichart. 

Vice-President,    Harry   Reichart. 

Secretary,  Elsie  Fenchel. 

Assistant   Secretary,   Ellen   Kreiss. 

Treasurer,   Alfred   Reichart. 

Ushers,  Floyd  Stahley  and  Arthur  Fisher. 

Librarians,  Raymond  Walter  and   Robert  Rhue. 

Organist,    Stella    Mack. 

Asst.  Organist,  Warren   Butz. 

The  following  are  the  present  officials: 

President,   William   P.   Bittner. 

Vice-President,  Herbert  Walter. 

Secretary,  Edith  Knapp. 

Ass.  Secretary,  Jennie  Rodger. 

Treasurer,   Alfred   Reichart. 

Organist,  Helen  Walter. 

Asst.  Organist,  Edward  Rau. 

Ushers,  Arthur  Rabenold  and  Robert  Knoll. 

Librarians,  Edna  Walter  and  Erma  Harris. 

LADIES'   AID   SOCIETY. 

The  Ladies'  Aid  Society  of  the  Reformed  congrega- 
tion at  Rittersville,  was  organized  on  January  17,  1906, 
with  a  total  of  twenty-two  members.  The  first  officers  of 
the   society   were:    Mrs.    Frank   Walter,   president;   Mrs. 


22  HISTORY   OF   SUNDAY   SCHOOL. 

Henry  Elsinger,  vice  president ;  Mrs.  Edward  Appel,  secre- 
tary, and  Mrs.  William  Osenbach,  treasurer.  The  society 
at  this  time  has  forty-two  members  and  have  an  amount 
of  upwards  of  five  hundred  dollars  in  their  treasury.  The 
present  officers  of  the  society  are :  Mrs.  Frank  Walter, 
president ;  Mrs.  Louisa  Reichart,  vice  president ;  Miss 
Cora  B.  Ludy,  recording  secretary ;  Miss  Ada  Kresge,  as- 
sistant recording  secretary;  Mrs.  Charles  McNeal,  financial 
secretary,  and  Mrs.  Wallace  Snyder,  treasurer. 

The  Society  in  1907  purchased  a  private  communion 
set  for  the  congregation,  also  in  that  year  made  a  large  do- 
nation towards  the  Sunday-school.  The  following  year 
(1908)  they  purchased  the  German  Hymnals  at  a  cost  of 
nearly  one  hundred  dollars,  and  made  a  liberal  donation  to- 
wards the  successful  convention  of  the  Women's  Mission- 
ary Society  of  the  East  Pennsylvania  Classis  which  was 
held  at  Rittersville.  Since  the  year  1910  they  donate  an- 
nually a  certain  sum  of  money  towards  the  Women's  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  the  East  Pennsylvania  Classis. 

WILLING  WORKERS. 

This  society  of  ladies  was  organized  November  21, 
1906.  Its  first  officers  were,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Klotz,  presi- 
dent; Mrs.  Agnes  Shireman,  vice  president;  Mrs.  Alice 
Wickert,  secretary,  and  Mrs.  Laura  Krause,  assistant  secre- 
tary; treasurer,  Mrs.  Emma  Reichart.  That  they  have 
been  an  active  organization  is  proven  by  the  status  of  their 
treasury.  They  have  gathered  over  $2,000  and  thus  shown 
themselves  worthy  of  the  name  of  their  society.  The  fol- 
lowing constitute  the  present  officials  and  members : 

Officers. 

Elizabeth    Klotz,    President. 

Matilda  Saeger,  Vice  President., 

Alice  Shireman,  Secretary. 

Emma  Reichart,  Treasurer. 

Members. 

Mrs.  Mary  Acker,  Mrs.  Emma  Groman, 

Mrs.  Ella  Bruisch,  Mrs.  Cora  Gangewere, 

Mrs.  Alice  Bittner,  Mrs.  Mary  Hausman, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Beitler,  Mrs.  Laura  Krause, 

Mrs.  Emma  Bear,  Mrs.  Anna  Kern, 

Mrs.  Ella  Billheimer,  Mrs.   Elizabeth  Klotz, 

Mrs.  Emma  Frankenfield,  Mrs.  Freeda  Knodel, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Finger,  Mrs.  Stella  Kratzer, 


HISTORY   OF   SUNDAY   SCHOOL. 


23 


Mrs.  Clarissa  Kratzer,  Mrs. 

Mrs  Kogelman,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Eliza  Leiser,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Alice  Mack,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Alice  Osenbach,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Matilda  Osenbach,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Jennie  Peiffer,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Martha  Ritter,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Ida  Ritter,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Matilda  Ritter,  Mrs. 

Miss  Sarah  Ritter,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Emma  Reichart,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Sophia  Roos,  Miss 

Mrs.  Mary  Reichart,  Miss 

Mrs.  Mary  Roth,  Miss 
Mrs.   Mary  Remaly, 


Bertha  Reichart, 
Elsie  Reichart, 
Agnes   Shireman, 
Mary  Shireman, 
Elizabeth  Soliday, 
Amanda  Stump, 
Matilda  Saeger, 
Amelia  Semmel, 
Tevilla   Texter, 
Lillie  Unverzagt, 
Clara  Van  Horn, 
Mary  Walter, 
Anna  Walter, 
Sophia  Werst, 
Bertha  Worseck. 


Lutheran   Pastors 

REV.  JOSHUA  YEAGER. 

He  was  born  September  23,  1802,  was  baptized  by  his 
father  in  infancy  and  confirmed  by  the  same  on  the  second 
Sunday  after  Easter,  1817,  and  received  as  a  communicant 
member  of  Christ  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church,  Shoeners- 
ville,  Pa.  His  education  was  limited  to  a  thorough  instruc- 
tion by  his  father  in  the  three  Rs.  Equally  thorough  was 
his  religious  training,  since  this  was  regarded  as  the  chief 
thing.  Reading  of  the  Scriptures  and  writing  out  what  was 
remembered,  to  the  extent  of  a  sheet  a  day,  constituted  part 
of  his  home  instruction  in  the  family  of  Father  Yeager. 
His  son  Joshua  had,  it  is  true,  received  this  thorough  in- 
struction, yet  his  education  was  quite  limited  in  the  sense 
that  the  word  "liberal  education"  as,  at  present,  understood. 
After  he  had  attained  the  age  that  he  could  make  himself 
useful  on  the  farm,  his  daily  employment  consisted  in 
manual  labor,  which,  on  a  farm  of  236  acres,  left  but  little 
time  for  study  or  recreation. 

While  following  the  plow  one  Summer  day,  his  father 
came  out  and  accompanied  him  to  the  farther  end  of  the 
field.  Joshua  could  hardly  reconcile  this  unusual  occur- 
rence. But,  when  the  end  of  the  furrow  was  reached,  his 
father  said  to  him :  "Wait  a  little  while.  I  have  something 
to  tell  you.  I  want  you,  with  God's  help,  to  become  a  minis- 
ter." This  unexpected  suggestion  really  frightened  Mr. 
Yeager.  "Come  to  my  room  to-morrow  morning,"  continued 
Father  Y.  "Leave  your  plow,  there  are  others  to  attend  to 
it.  I  wish  to  give  "you  a  three  months'  trial  to  ascertain 
whether  you  have  talent  for  the  ministry ;  if  you  have,  you 
shall  continue  your  studies— if  not,  I  will  then  tell  you  so." 
Father  Yeager  handed  his  son  a  Latin  grammar,  saying: 
"This  is  a  comparatively  easy  study,  but  it  will  furnish  you 
a  knowledge  of  the  system  of  grammar  in  general,  which 
is  so  necessary  for  the  study  of  all  languages.  Study  this 
two  hours,  and  then  ask  me  all  the  questions  you  can,  about 
what  you  understand  and  all  that  you  do  not  understand 
After  that  come  down  and  go  into  the  garden,  and  take 
such  exercise  and  do  such  work  as  you  may  wish.     In  the 

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LUTHERAN    PASTORS.  2$ 

evening  you  will  again  take  two  hours  of  study,  and  thus 
continue  on."  In  this  way  Mr.  Yeager  studied.  His  father 
was  a  drill-master  and  disciplinarian,  and  knew  how  to 
create  and  maintain  an  interest  on  the  part  of  his  student. 
Especially,  however,  did  he  observe  and  keep  a  close  sur- 
veillance on  the  conduct  of  his  son.  He  impressed  him  with 
the  importance  and  responsibility  of  the  work,  and  constant- 
ly urged  upon  him  to  observe  such  a  conduct  as  is  becoming 
a  candidate  for  the  Christian  ministry,  and  which  may  meet 
with  the  approval  of  God  and  man.  This  education,  so  often 
neglected  on  the  part  of  those  to  whom  young  men  who  have 
the  ministry  in  view  are  entrusted,  but  which  is  so  essential 
to  the  formation  of  the  character  of  the  true  minister  of 
Jesus  Christ,  exerted  a  most  powerful  and  an  abiding  influ- 
ence on  the  mind  of  young  Yeager.  To  this  may  be  attri- 
buted, perhaps  as  much  as  to  anything  else,  that  devotion, 
earnestness  and  zeal  which  characterized  Rev.  Joshua  Yea- 
ger's  ministry  through  the  long  period  of  well  nigh  three 
score  years  among  a  people  whom  he  served  so  long  and 
loved  so  well. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Minister- 
ium  of  Pennssylvania,  held  in  the  week  of  Trinity  Sunday, 
1827,  Mr.  Yeager  was  examined  with  two  other  candidates 
for  licensure.  Rev.  Dr.  F.  W.  Geissenhainer,  of  New  York 
City,  was  the  chairman  of  the  Examining  Committee.  The 
examination  was  very  thorough.  Mr.  Yeager  well  remem- 
bers how  he  was  examined  on  Oriental  customs,  and  when 
requested  to  translate  the  account  of  the  Transfiguration  in 
Matt.  XVII.  into  German  from  the  Greek,  Dr.  Geissen- 
hainer seemed  well  satisfied  with  the  translation  till  the 
Greek  verb  irposyxnlv  was  reached,  when  he  was  excited 
and  almost  angered  at  Mr.  Yeager's  rendering,  as  he  trans- 
lated it:  "they  bowed  as  if  they  seemed  to  worship."  Dr. 
Geissenhainer  thundered  out,  "What!  not  seemed  so,  it 
was  so,"  and  remarked,  "it  can  be  seen  with  whom  he 
studied."  The  three  candidates  made  a  very  satisfactory 
examination   and  were  admitted  to  the   Synod  licentites. 

At  the  Synodical  meeting  of  the  following  year,  which 
was  held  at  Reading,  Mr.  Yeager's  preparations  were  re- 
ported "very  good."  On  this  occasion  he  also  preached  be- 
fore the  Synod  on  the  last  evening  of  the  session,  Tuesday 
evening,  July  3rd,   1828,  on  the  text:   1   Tim.  IV,   12-16. 

From  1827  to  183 1  he  was  the  assistant  of  his  father 
in  his  four  congregations,  Friedensville,  Allentown,  Schoen- 
ersville  and  Hecktown.  In  1831  his  father  gave  him  the 
Friedensville  and  Allentown  congregations  and  retained  for 


26  LUTHERAN    PASTORS. 

himself  the  other  two.  Upon  his  father's  decease,  in  1832, 
he  was  also  elected  pastor  of  the  other  congregations. 

Joshua  Yeager's  large  field  of  labor  extended  over  an 
immense  territory,  and  at  least  a  dozen  congregations  have 
sprung,  in  part  or  entirely,  from  his  original  pastorate,  such 
as  Apple's  Church,  Hellertown,  South  Bethlehem,  Bethle- 
hem, West  Bethlehem,  Salisbury,  Altona,  Rittersville,  Cata- 
sauqua,  Howertown,  Bath,  St.  Paul's,  St.  Michael's,  St. 
John's  and  St.  Peter's,  Allentown,  etc. 

He  remained  the  pastor  of  the  Allentown  Church  (St. 
Paul's)  till  1853,  twenty-two  years.  This  congregation  en- 
joyed unprecedented  prosperity  during  Father  Yeager's  pas- 
torate. He  preached  regularly  every  two  weeks  and  held 
also  week-day  evening  services.  About  the  time  of  his 
withdrawal  from  the  congregation,  Rev.  Dr.  B.  M.  Sch- 
mucker,  who  followed  Dr.  Yeager  in  a  very  few  months 
to  the  better  world,  was  called  as  assistant  pastor  by  the 
English  speaking  portion  of  the  congregation. 

Of  the  Shoenersville  Church  he  was  pastor  a  year  less, 
He  was  elected  pastor  of  this  church  in  December,  1832,  and 
continued  till  Trinity  Sunday,  1885,  over  fifty-three  years. 
In  connection  with  his  father  his  ministration  extended 
over  the  same  length  of  time. 

The  Lehigh  Church,  in  Lower  Macungie,  Lehigh  Coun- 
ty, he  served  from  August  21st,  1842,  to  Trinity  Sunday, 
1885,  forty-three  years. 

The  Rittersville  Church  was  built  in  1842,  the  congre- 
gation having  been  organized  by  Father  Yeager  out  of 
Shoenersville.  Here  he  preached  his  last  regular  sermon 
on  Ascension  Day,  1885. 

Besides  these  four  congregations,  he  also  served  Jeru- 
salem Church,  in  Salisbury,  from  1843  to  1883,  Macungie 
from  1856  to  1867,  and  Hecktown,  Northampton  County, 
from  1832  to  1842. 

Besides  laboring  successfully  in  a  large  and  laborious 
parish,  he  took  a  great  interest  in  the  higher  education  of 
our  clergy.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  Muhlenberg  College  from  1867  to  1876.  He  died  August 
1  st,  1888,  aged  88  years,  10  months  and  8  days.  On  the 
following  Thursday  his  remains  were  interred  in  Fairview 
cemetery,  Allentown. 

His  wife,  Maria,  was  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Maria 
Grim,  of  Friedensville,  Pa.  Together  they  were  blessed 
with  two  sons,  Robert  J.  and  Dr.  Theodore  C,  and  three 
daughters,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Reeme,  Amanda,  first  wife  of  J.  B. 
Reeme,  and  Sarah  W. 


REV.  A.  R.  HORN,  D.D. 


LUTHERAN    PASTORS.  2TJ 

REV.  ABRAHAM  REASOR  HORNE. 

Rev.  Abraham  Reasor  Home  was  born  in  Springfield 
township,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.,  and  was  a  son  of  Daniel  L.  and 
Mary  (Reasor)  Home.  The  home  of  his  birth  is  still 
standing  on  the  farm  that  Dr.  Home  owned  at  the  time  of 
his  demise.  He  was  born  March  24,  1834.  He  attended 
private  schools  and  Pennsylvania  College,  at  Gettysburg, 
graduating  in  1858.  Early  in  life  he  took  to  teaching  and 
for  three  years  taught  public  school  half  a  mile  from  his 
home.  In  1854  he  taught  at  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Erom  1858 
to  1863  he  was  principal  of  the  Bucks  County  Normal  and 
Classical  School,  assisted  by  Dr.  H.  L.  Baugher,  later  Pro- 
fessor of  Greek  at  Gettysburg  College. 

Dr.  Home  was  ordained  a  Lutheran  clergyman  in  1859, 
together  with  Revs.  O.  Leopold  and  B.  Zweizig,  both  of 
whom  have  also  gone  to  their  reward.  He  had  a  charge  in 
Northampton  County  from  1863  to  1865,  when  he  was 
called  to  the  Lutheran  church  at  Williamsport,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1872.  From  1867  to  1872  he  was  also  super- 
intendent of  the  schools  of  that  city.  From  1872  to  1877 
Dr.  Home  was  principal  of  the  Kutztown  Normal  School 
and  increased  its  enrollment  to  over  500  students.  At  the 
same  time  he  also  supplied  various  Lutheran  churches, 
Chestnut  Hill,  near  Limeport,  Pa.,  being  one  of  them. 

Dr.  Home  came  to  Allentown  in  1877  as  principal  of 
the  Normal  and  Academic  Department  of  Muhlenberg  Col- 
lege, where  he  remained  until  1882.  Then  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  Texas  University,  and  in  1882  and  1883  he 
did  institute  work  in  Louisiana  and  Texas,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  in  New  Jersey.  In  1885  Rev.  Joshua  Yeager,  who 
had  succeeded  his  father,  John  Conrad  Yeager,  in  a  large 
Lehigh  County  parish,  resigned  because  of  his  advanced 
years.  Dr.  Home  served  the  Shoenersville,  Rittersville, 
Friedensville  and  Lehigh  Churches,  also  several  preaching 
stations,  amongst  which  were  the  chapels  at  Seidersville  and 
Alburtis.  He  served  as  president  of  the  large  Allentown 
Cnoference.  Dr.  Home  was  the  founder  of  the  National 
Educator,  at  Quakertown,  in  i860,  moved  it  to  Allentown 
in  1877  and  continued  as  editor  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

Dr.  Home  was  a  jovial  Pennsylvania  German.  He 
was  a  recognized  authority  on  the  dialect  and  published  a 
handbook  on  the  language  as  spoken ;  also  botany,  experi- 
ments without  apparatus,  and  was  a  frequent  contributor 
to  educational  and  religious  papers.     He  was  frequently 


28  LUTHERAN    PASTORS. 

elected  to  membership  in  the  School  Board  of  his  ward  in 
Allentown,  and  always  manifested  great  interest  in  the 
work.  He  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Con- 
trol from  1885  to  1891.  Lebanon  Valley  College,  Annville, 
conferred  upon  him  the  title  of  D.  D.  in  1881. 

Dr.  Home  was  married  to  Jemima  E.,  daughter  of 
David  and  Sarah  Yerkes.  Six  children  were  born  unto 
them:  Sadie  J.,  wife  of  Hon.  Joseph  Mayne ;  Hattie  B., 
wife  of  Harry  A.  Grammes ;  David  R.,  Esq.,  Thomas  K.  B., 
Augustus  F.,  and  M.  Luther,  now  teacher  in  the  Allen- 
town  High  School.  He  died  suddenly  December  23,  1902, 
and  his  remains  rest  in  peace  in  Fairview  cemetery,  Allen- 
town.  Dr.  Home  was  of  a  genial  nature  and  generous  dis- 
position, always  cheerful  and  a  friend  to  rich  and  poor 
alike. 


REV.  EDWIN  H.  EBERTS. 

Rev.  Edwin  H.  Eberts  was  a  son  of  Charles  Eberts  and 
his  wife,  Esther,  a  born  Fehnel,  and  was  born  in  Moore 
Township,  Northampton  Co.,  Pa.,  Oct.  5,  1861.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
township.  Having  fitted  himself  for  the  profession,  Rev. 
Mr.  Eberts  taught  school  in  his  native  township  for  two 
years  and  in  Lower  Saucon  for  eight  years.  While  teach- 
ing in  the  last  named  township,  he  was  married  to  Eva  D. 
Apple,  June  16,  1883.  While  residing  in  Lower  Saucon 
he  held  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

Desiring  to  take  up  the  ministry,  Mr.  Eberts  took  a 
course  at  Muhlenberg  College  and  later  was  graduated  from 
Mt.  Airy  Seminary,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  class  of  1892.  He 
was  ordained  to  the  ministry  in  Trinity  Lutheran  Church, 
Reading,  June  1892.  During  the  fall  of  1892  he  accepted 
the  pastorate  of  the  Turbotsville,  Pa.,  parish,  consisting  of 
the  Turbotsville  and  Washingtonville  congregations,  which 
he  served  successfully  for  nine  years. 

He  resigned  his  parish  in  1901  and  located  at  West 
Bethlehem,  Pa.,  in  order  to  avail  himself  of  the  better 
schools  for  educating  his  children.  During  the  illness  of 
Rev.  J.  Steinhauser,  pastor  of  St.  Michael's,  Allentown,  he 
served  as  supply  pastor  for  about  three  months.  Later  he 
accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the  North  Bethlehem, 
Jerusalem,  in  Eastern  Salisbury  township,  and  St.  John's 
in  Williams  township.  He  resigned  this  field  to  accept  a 
call  to  the  Shoenersville-Rittersville  parish,  in  July,  1903. 


REV.  EDWIN  H.  EBERTS 


REV.  A.  O.  EBERT 


LUTHERAN    PASTORS.  29 

He  was  installed  September  27,  1903.  His  labors  here  were 
exceptionally  successful.  New  methods  for  conducting  the 
finances  of  the  congregations,  and  liturgical  services  at  Rit- 
tersville  were  introduced  and  all  looked  bright  for  a  suc- 
cessful pastorate  when  he  was  stricken  with  typhoid  fever, 
which  terminated  fatally  at  his  home,  West  Bethlehem,  Pa., 
April  2,  1904,  aged  42  years,  5  months  and  27  days.  He 
rests  in  peace  in  beautiful  Nisky  Hill  cemetery,  Bethle- 
hem, Pa.  Four  children  besides  his  widow  survived,  Grace 
M.,  Warren  L.,  Charles  T.  and  Helen  A. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  man  apt  to  teach 
and  loved  the  profession.  When  a  resident  of  West  Beth- 
lehem he  frequently  acted  as  substitute  in  the  High  School. 
For  some  time  he  was  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Beth- 
lehem Preparatory  School.  He  was  a  man  who  could 
sympathize  with  those  who  tried  to  earn  part  of  their  way 
through  college.  When  the  writer,  I.  B.  R.,  was  a  student 
at  the  Seminary,  he  showed  him  no  little  kindness,  took  him 
into  his  home  and  assisted  him  in  every  manner  to  make 
his  stay  pleasant  and  his  work  amongst  his  people  profit- 
able. 

His  death  came  at  a  time  when  the  Shoenersville- 
Rittersville  parish  looked  forward  to  a  very  successful  pas- 
torate. 


REV.  ALFRED  OLIVER  EBERT. 

Rev.  Alfred  Oliver  Ebert,  of  New  Tripoli,  son  of 
Amandes  and  Sarah  A.  (Moser)  Ebert,  was  born  in  Lynn, 
February  19,  1870.  His  youth  was  spent  upon  the  farm 
in  Lehigh  county.  His  early  education  was  received  in 
the  public  and  select  schools  of  his  native  township,  which 
lays  just  pride  to  its  good  select  schools  where  many 
teachers  receive  their  early  preparation  for  the  teaching 
profession.  Amongst  the  great  number  was  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Ebert,  who  taught  successfully  for  three  terms.  During 
this  time  he  prepared  for  entrance  at  Muhlenberg  College 
in  the  fall  of  1889  an(^  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1893. 
In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  entered  the  Lutheran  Theo- 
logical Seminary  at  Mt.  Airy,  graduating  May  26,  1896. 
On  June  first,  of  the  same  year,  he  was  ordained  to  the 
Ministry  in  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church,  Allentown,  Pa. 
The  Audenreid-Beaver  Meadow  parish,  of  near  Hazleton, 
Pa.,  had  extended  him  a  call,  which  he  accepted  on  June 
7,  1896. 


30  LUTHERAN    PASTORS. 

With  enthusiasm  he  took  charge  of  the  field,  which 
needed  a  conscientious  and  painstaking  leader,  the  field 
being  Home  Mission  territory.  St.  Paul's,  Beaver  Meadow 
congregation,  had  been  temporarily  organized  March  16, 
1896,  without  having  a  permanent  church  home.  By  God's 
grace  and  blessing,  Rev.  Ebert  gathered  a  nice  congrega- 
tion and  aided  them  in  securing  their  own  church.  In 
May,  1897,  they  purchased  a  lot,  laid  the  corner-stone  Aug- 
ust 22,  and  dedicated  their  church  Dec.  26,  1897.  The 
same  year  they  also  purchased  an  organ,  which  was  dedi- 
cated Oct.  18,  1897.  The  Salem,  Audenreid  congregation 
made  marked  progress  during  his  pastorate.  A  debt  of 
$800  was  paid  off ;  the  floors  were  recarpeted,  electric  lights 
were  installed,  stained  glass  windows  were  inserted  and 
other  repairs  were  made. 

His  work  here,  whilst  strenuous,  was  nevertheless 
most  pleasant  and  successful.  He  ended  his  work  in  this 
parish  to  accept  a  call  extended  by  the  Shoenersville-Ritters- 
ville  parish,  June  26,  1904,  the  same  having  been  accepted 
to  go  into  effect  August  1,  1904.  On  September  25,  1904, 
his  installation  took  place,  the  same  being  performed  by 
Revs.  W.  D.  C.  Keiter,  president  of  the  Allentown  Con- 
ference, and  Rev.  H.  S.  Fegley,  his  father-in-law.  During 
his  pastorate  he  raised  exceptional  large  sums  for  bene- 
volence and  made  substantial  gains  in  membership  in  both 
churches.  He  resigned  this  parish,  August  1,  1906,  to 
accept  the  call  of  the  New  Tripoli  parish,  consisting  of 
Ebenezer,  New  Tripoli ;  Jacob's,  Jacksonville ;  Jerusalem, 
Albany  Twp.,  Berks  County ;  St.  Peter's,  Lynnville  and 
St.  Paul's,  Seiberlingsville  congregations.  Pie  is  now 
preaching  to  his  schoolmates,  companions  and  neighbors 
of  his  youth  who  look  upon  him  with  reverence  and  pro- 
found respect.  His  present  parish  was  served  by  the  late 
and  lamented  Rev.  H.  S.  Fegley,  whose  homestead  in  New 
Tripoli  is  now  occupied  by  Rev.  Ebert,  his  wife  Annie  M. 
and  their  children :  Paul  F.,  Annie  M.,  Alfred  J.,  Luther  J., 
Carl  A.  and   Ruth   F. 


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LUTHERAN    PASTORS.  3 1 

REV.  IRWIN  B.  RITTER. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Breinigsville, 
Lehigh  Co.,  Pa.,  July  30,  1867,  being  the  oldest  son  of 
Dr.  Nathanael  and  Anna  Louisa  (Bean)  Ritter.  He  was 
a  confirmed  member  of  Zion's  (Lehigh)  Lutheran  con- 
gregation of  near  Alburtis,  Pa.,  and  'was  the  first  member 
of  the  same  to  enter  the  Christian  ministry.  Attended 
public  school  and  later  entered  the  Academic  department 
of  Muhlenberg  College,  where,  after  a  year's  preparatory 
work,  he  entered  the  freshman  class,  graduating  at  Col- 
lege with  honors  in  1890.  Rev.  Ritter  is  proud  of  his  Alma 
Mater  and  has  been  active  in  raising  substantial  amounts 
from  his  own  people  for  the  support  of  the  college  and  also 
assisted  other  pastors  in  raising  credible  amounts.  Entered 
the  Lutheran  Theological  Seminary  at  Mt.  Airy,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  and  graduated  in  the 
spring  of  1893.  He  was  ordained  in  St.  John's  (German) 
Lutheran  church,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  immediately  took 
charge  of  the  large  Pine  Valley  parish,  Hegins,  Schuylkill 
Co.,  Pa.  At  the  time  he  resigned  the  seven  congregations 
belonging  to  the  parish,  he  could  point  to  four  new  churches 
erected  during  his  brief  pastorate.  On  August  20,  1894,  he 
accepted  a  call  to  the  Zionsville  (Lehigh  Co.,)  parish,  con- 
sisting of  four  congregations.  Later  the  Zion  Hill  church 
was  detached  from  his  parish  and  St.  Paul's,  Trexlertown, 
Pa.,  added.  His  home  church,  Zion,  Lehigh,  near  Alburtis, 
Pa.,  was  also  supplied  by  him  from  October,  1901,  to  Oc- 
tober, 1903. 

On  August  12  and  19,  1906  he  preached  trial  sermons 
in  the  Shoenersville-Rittersville  parish,  was  elected  its  pas- 
tor and  installed  December  16,  1906.  His  labors  have  re- 
sulted in  producing  a  steady  growth  of  the  congregation 
and  its  auxiliaries  which  he  assisted  in  organizing.  A 
summary  of  his  work  appears  annually  in  the  form  of  a 
parish  record  published  for  distribution  amongst  his  mem- 
bership. Rev.  Ritter  was  married  to  Martha  M.  Leo- 
pold, daughter  of  Rev.  O.  Leopold,  a  former  school  teacher, 
also  organist  of  Christ  church,  Shoenersville  and  St.  Peter's, 
Rittersville,  June  22,  1893.  Unto  them  was  born  but  one 
daughter,  Miriam. 


Reformed  Pastors 

REV.  JOSEPH  S.  DUBBS,  D.  D. 

Joseph  S.  Dubbs,  the  first  Reformed  pastor  of  St. 
Peter's  church,  Rittersville,  Pa.,  was  born  at  the  old  family 
homestead  in  Upper  Milford  (now  Lower  Milford  Town- 
ship) Lehigh  County,  Pa.,  on  the  16th  day  of  October, 
1796.  His  grandfather,  Jacob  Dubbs,  a  native  of  the 
parish  Bismemsdorf  near  Zurich,  came  to  America  in  1732 
and  secured  a  tract  of  land  from  the  Penns,  on  one  of 
the  branches  of  the  Perkiomen  Creek  where  he  erected  a 
small  forge  and  engaged  extensively  in  the  manufacture 
of  guns  and  agricultural  implements. 

This  business  was  enlarged  by  Daniel,  son  of  Jacob, 
father  of  Joseph,  who,  in  course  of  time,  erected  a  num- 
ber of  industries.  Besides  the  forge  he  owned  a  mill, 
a  saw  mill,  oil  mill  cutlery,  tannery  and  large  farm. 

He  was  the  first  to  build  a  brick  house  within  the 
limits  of  Lehigh  County,  the  brick  for  the  building  being 
manufactured  on  his  own  land. 

Joseph  S.  Dubbs  was  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  seven. 
Having  been  baptized  in  early  infancy,  his  parents  were 
very  desirous  that  he  should  be  properly  instructed  in  the 
doctrines  and  duties  of  our  Holy  religion. 

In  an  unfinished  autobiographical  sketch  he  gives  the 
following  account  of  his  early  Christian  training. 

During  the  long  winter  evenings  we  were  required  to 
commit  the  Catechism  and  read  the  Psalter  and  New 
Testament.  We  read  alternately  and  the  elder  were  the 
teachers  of  the  younger,  and  each  one  manifested  a  degree 
of  zeal  and  anxiety  to  excel  such  as  is  rarely  found  in 
schools.  On  Sundays  when  there  was  no  service  in  the 
church,  we  were  required  to  spend  the  forenoon  in  religious 
study,  but  whenever  it  was  possible  we  went  to  church' 
and  listened  to  the  preaching  of  the  gospel.  After  we  re- 
turned from  church  and  had  taken  dinner,  the  Bible  was 
brought  and  the  chapter  from  which  the  text  was  taken 
read  and  commented  upon.  , 

When  this  was  done  we  were  allowed  to  enjoy  a  little 
innocent   recreation.     The  country  schools  of  those   days 

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REV.  JOSEPH  H.  DUBBS,  D.D. 


REFORMED   PASTORS.  33 

were  of  course  defective.  He  devoted  special  attention  to 
the  study  of  the  German  language  and  became  familiar 
with  it  to  a  degree  which  was  rather  unusual.  During  his 
early  youth  he  also  spent  some  time  at  a  Quaker  school  for 
the  purpose  of  becoming  more  familiar  with  the  English 
language. 

It  was  about  the  time  of  his  confirmation  that  he  felt 
an  earnest  longing  for  the  ministry.  In  those  days  the 
Reformed  church  had  no  Theological  seminary,  but  a 
number  of  its  most  prominent  ministers  took  charge  of 
the  candidates  for  the  ministry.  He  placed  himself  under 
the  care  of  Rev.  F.  L,.  Herman,  D.  D.,  who  prepared  many 
candidates  for  his  profession.  For  four  years  he  was  under 
the  instructions  of  Dr.  Herman.  The  school  which  he 
conducted  was  popularly  known  as  the  "Swamp  College" 
in  1822  he  was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel  with  special 
authority  to  administer  the  sacraments.  He  was  ordained 
in  1823  at  Kutztown.  His  first  charge  consisted  of  Wind- 
sor and  Weiss  churches.  His  salary  from  the  whole  charge 
amounted  to  $100  per  annum.  In  1824  the  Eplers  church 
and  in  1826  the  Hains  church  was  added  to  his  charge  of 
which  he  remained  pastor  until  July,  183 1. 

His  churches  were  situated  almost  in  a  straight  line 
for  a  distance  of  almost  thirty  miles. 

In  1 83 1  Father  Dubbs  accepted  a  call  from  the  charge 
in  Lehigh  County  consisting  of  Allentown,  Egypt,  Union 
and  Jordan  churches. 

He  remained  pastor  of  this  charge  from  1831  to  1861 ; 
during  the  latter  years  he  was  assisted  by  his  son  Alfred 
and  Rev.  C.  R.  Hessler.  It  was  while  pastor  of  this 
charge  that  Mickley's  church  was  organized,  also  the  St. 
Peter's  church,  at  Rittersville  and  he  became  the  first  Re- 
formed pastor  of  both  these  congregations.  He  preached 
the  principle  sermon  on  Sunday  afternoon,  August  28,  1842, 
upon  the  dedication  of  the  St.  Peter's  church,  Rittersville. 

In  1 861  he  resigned  the  church  in  Allentown  and  he 
continued  to  preach  in  the  other  congregations  of  his 
charge  until  1868,  when  he  resigned  and  removed  to  Allen- 
town, where  he  lived  in  retirement  until  his  death,  which 
occurred   April    14,    1877. 

Dr.  Dubbs  was  married  twice,  the  first  time  in  1825 
to  Susan  Getz,  the  second  time  of  1837  to  Mrs.  Eleanor 
Murphy. 

The  first  marriage  was  blessed  with  three  children, 
Rev.  Alfred  J.  G.  Dubbs,  who  assisted  his  father  and  after- 
ward the  pastor  of  Salem  Refored  church,  Allentown. 


34  REFORMED   PASTORS. 

The  two  daughters  were  respectively  married  to  Owen 
L.  Schreiber  and  James  O.  Shimer. 

By  the  second  marriage  he  had  two  sons.  Silas,  who 
died  in  childhood  and  Joseph  H.,  who  has  for  many  years 
filled  a  professor's  chair  in  Franklin  and  Marshall  College, 
Lancaster,  Pa. 

Rev.  Joseph  S.  Dubbs  preached  over  eight  thousand 
sermons,  baptized  7,076  infants  and  adults,  attended  2,778 
funerals,    solemnized   2,176   marriages. 


REV.  DANIEL  F.  BRENDEL,  D.D. 

Rev.  Daniel  F.  Brendel  was  born  January  23,  1824  in 
Heidelberg  township,  Berks  county,  Pa.,  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth    (Fisher)    Brendel.     He   was   baptized   by   Rev. 
Daniel  Ulrich,  a  Lutheran  minister.     He  was  reared  in  a 
Christian  home  and  in  his  personal  autobiography  he  speaks 
tenderly   of   his    pious    mother,   whom    he   worshiped   and 
loved.    He  attended  school  at  Rehrersburg,  in  Berks  county, 
when  eight  years  old,  and  has  always  been  diligent  in  his 
studies  at  school  and  in  his  attendance.     Later  he  attended 
Womelsdorf  Academy.     In  1841  he  went  to  Mercersburg, 
entering  the  preparatory  school  and  prepared  for  college, 
which  he  did  in  1845,  graduating  with  honors  from  Mar- 
shall college  in  1849.     In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  en- 
tered the  theological  seminary  and  in  the  fall  of  1851  he  had 
completed  his  studies.     The  first  sermon  he  ever  preached 
was  in  Kloppen  church  for  Father  Leinbach.     In  the  spring 
of   1852  he  was  examined,  licensed  and  ordained  by  the 
classis  of   East   Pennsylvania,   which  met   at   Weisenburg, 
Lehigh  county.     In  June  1855  he  accepted  the  New  Wil- 
liams township  charge,  which  he  served  thirty-two  years; 
and   in  connection  with  the  above   congregation,   he  was 
supply  pastor  for  the  St.  Peter's  Reformed  congregation  at 
Rittersville   from   July   6,    1856   until    1865.     In    1861    he 
published  "The   Prodigal   Son,"  both  in  the  German  and 
English  languages.     In  eleven  years  five  editions  in  English 
and  three  editions  in  the  German  language  were  sold.     In 
1875   he   wrote   "Lives  and   Labors  of  the   Apostles,"   of 
which  1,000  copies  were  readily  sold.     In  1873  he  became 
one  of  three  ministers  in  the  publication  of  the  Reformed 
Church  Herald,  which  he  and  one  of  his  three  associates, 
Rev.  I.  K.  Loos,  D.  D.,  published  with  good  results  until 
1877,  when,  owing  to  the  business  depression  it  was  dis- 
continued. 


REV.  ISAAC  K.  LOOS,  D.D. 


REFORMED    PASTORS.  35 

On  September  2,  1852,  he  was  married  to  Louisa, 
daughter  of  Rev.  C.  G.  Herman.  Their  union  was  blessed 
with  five  children.  The  oldest  son  and  daughter  died 
young.     The  wife  for  many  years  was  an  invalid. 

Rev.  Brendel  labored  for  fifty  years  in  the  New  Wil- 
liams township  congregation.  He  served  Bethlehem  for 
six  years  as  school  director  and  introduced  a  uniformity 
of  books  and  served  the  board  as  its  president.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Allentown  College  for 
Women  and  remained  a  director  until  his  death.  In  the 
year  1886  Ursinus  College  conferred  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
upon  Rev.  Brendel.  In  1889  he  preached  the  funeral  ser- 
mon for  his  friend,  Dr.  I.  K.  Loos.  On  June  15,  1862  he 
took  charge  of  South  Easton,  and  served  it  nine  years, 
when  it  became  self  supporting 

On  December  10.  1865  he  took  charge  of  the  Salis- 
burg  congregation  and  served  it  for  nine  years  with  much 
success.  At  the  time  Dr.  Brendel  took  charge  of  the 
New  Williams  township  church  the  congregation  was  a 
mere  handful  and  his  salary  was  only  sixty  dollars  annually. 
Nevertheless  some  years  later  he  built  a  new  church  at  a 
cost  of  $20,000  and  the  membership  was  greatly  increased. 
Arndt's  church  was  also  built  as  was  the  Altenau  church 
during  his  pastorate.  These  churches  were  included  in  his 
charge.  In  1897  he  wrote  and  published  "God's  Plan  of 
Salvation/'  and  in  1898  he  rewrote  the  "Lives  of  the  Apos- 
tles." His  wife  died  at  the  hospital  Nov.  4,  1898,  at  the 
age  of  72  years,  3  months  and  18  days.  She  was  buried  at 
Arndt's  church  in  Northampton  county,  where  the  people 
presented  him  with  a  lot  upon  their  cemetery ;  and  there 
his  remains  were  also  laid  to  rest,  after  a  life  full  of  use- 
fulness, kindness  and  love  for  his  fellowmen. 


REV.   ISAAC   K.   LOOS,   D.   D. 

Rev.  Dr.  Isaac  K.  Loos  was  born  in  Heidelberg  town- 
ship, Berks  county.  Pa.,  May  15,  1830,  son  of  Conrad  and 
Elizabeth  Loos.  His  birth  place  was  about  three  miles 
northeast  of  Womelsdorf.  In  his  youth  his  parents  pur- 
chased and  removed  to  the  Tulpehocken  Spring  Farm,  a 
large  estate  near  Myerstown,  Pa.,  and  this  the  Doctor  al- 
ways considered  as  the  old  homestead.  His  early  youth 
was  spent  there  attending  the  common  schools  and  the 
Myerstown  Academy.  Later  he  prepared  for  college,  con- 
nected with  Marshall  College,  at  Mercersburg.  He  entered 
the  freshman  class  at  Marshall  College  in  the  fall  of  1848 
and  graduated  in  1852.     He  led  the  class  in  the  classics 


36  REFORMED   PASTORS. 

and  literature  and  upon  graduation  the  faculty  awarded  him 
the  honor  of  delivering  the  Latin  salutatory.  In  1854  he 
graduated  from  the  theological  seminary  of  the  Reformed 
Church  at  Mercersburg;  and  on  the  25th  of  May  of  that 
year  he  was  ordained  to  the  holy  ministry  at  Bath,  Pa., 
by  Revs.  J.  S.  Dubbs,  D.  D.,  T.  L.  Hoffiditz,  D.  D.,  and 
Cyrus  Becker.  In  January,  1854  he  had  been  elected  pastor 
of  the  Upper  Mt.  Bethel  charge  and  he  located  at  Center- 
ville,  Pa.  The  charge  consisted  of  five  congregations.  He 
served  the  charge  faithfully  and  well  for  thirteen  years. 
In  1867  he  was  elected  pastor  of  the  Reformed  congrega- 
tion at  Bethlehem,  and  at  that  time  he  moved  there  with 
his  family  and  it  remained  the  homestead  to  the  end  of 
his  life.  At  that  time  the  Reformed  congregation  wor- 
shiped in  the  old  Salem  church,  on  High  street,  where 
it  remained  until  1869,  when  the  Lutheran  and  the  Re- 
formed congregations  were  divided  and  Christ  Reformed 
congregation  was  founded.  Dr.  Loos  was  the  beloved  pas- 
tor and  the  congregation  prospered  and  increased  under 
his  care.  From  the  original  150  it  grew  to  over  700  in 
1888.  As  pastor  he  paid  for  the  entire  lot  and  building 
which  cost  over  $38,000.  In  connection  with  this  church 
Dr.  Loos  served  the  Reformed  congregation  at  Rittersville 
from  1866  until  his  death.  The  following  is  recorded  in 
the  history  of  that  church  concerning  him : 

"On  June  30,  1889,  our  beloved  pastor  preached  his 
last  sermon  in  this  church,  it  being  the  last  sermon  of  his 
life." 

In  1871,  Dr.  Loos  was  elected  Superintendent  of  the 
Bethlehem  Public  Schools,  and  served  until  the  office  was 
abolished  in  1876.  He  supervised  the  grading  of  the  schools 
a  graded  course  of  study  was  adopted. 

He  was  the  arthor  of  "The  Life  of  Cain,"  Salome,  the 
Dancer,"  and  the  German  prayer  book,  "Tischegebete." 
He  also  translated  from  the  German  Grob's  "Life  of  Zwin- 
gli."  He  was  also  a  poet  of  ability  and  contributed  to  the 
press,  among  them  being  "Grant  Has  Died."  His  attain- 
ments and  talents  were  of  a  marked  degree.  He  was  a 
classical  scholar  and  was  well  versed  in  Latin,  Greek  and 
Hebrew.  He  had  a  wide  knowledge  of  theology  and  was 
was  a  frequent  contributor  to  the  Theological  Review  of 
his  church.  In  1884  the  degree  of  D.  D.  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  the  Heidelberg  College,  Tiffin,  Ohio.  He  was 
an  able  pulpit  orator  and  had  brilliant  social  qualities.  In 
1888,  Dr.  Loos  was  elected  to  serve  the  new  St.  Paul's 
Reformed  congregation  of  Bethlehem  and  was  its  beloved 


REV.  TOBIAS  KESSLER 


REV.  J.  F.  DELONG,  D.D. 


REFORMED   PASTORS.  37 

pastor  at  the  time  of  his  demise.  He  was  married  in 
1856  to  Catharine  A.  Butz,  the  only  child  of  Jacob  Butz, 
of  Lower  Mt.  Bethel,  by  Rev.  Dr.  T.  L.  Hoffiditz.  Eight 
children,  six  sons  and  two  daughters  blessed  their  union. 
Besides  his  widow  he  was  survived  by  the  following  fam- 
ily: One  son  died  in  infancy.  W.  C.  Loos,  Esq.,  of  Beth- 
lehem; Dr.  Isaac  B.  Loos,  of  Scranton,  and  Miss  Lizzie 
A.,  Calvin  A.,  Nevin  J.,  Charles  F.  and  Cora  M.  A  brother 
Wm.  K.  Loos,  Esq.,  of  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  and  a  sister,  Mrs. 
Levinia  Hertzler,  of  La  Platte,  Mo.,  survived  him.  He 
died  at  his  residence,  No.  29  North  Broad  street,  Bethle- 
hem, at  three  o'clock  A.  M.  Friday,  July  5,  1889,  aged 
59  years. 


REV.   TOBIAS   KESSLER. 

Rev.  Tobias  Kessler  was  born  in  Schiers,  Canton  de 
Grison,  Switzerland,  September  12,  1841,  son  of  John  and 
Burga  (nee  Walser)  Kessler.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Reading,  Pa.  and  later  on  spent  one 
year  in  the  preparatory  school  in  Allentown.  He  pre- 
pared for  the  holy  ministry  under  the  Reverend  Doctors 
Dubbs  and  Wagner  and  was  ordained  in  the  year  1880. 
He  served  the  charge  at  Leesport,  Berks  county  from  1880 
to  1882 ;  and  from  1882  to  1889  he  served  the  charge  at 
Jonestown,  Lebanon  county,  Penn'a.  He  preached  as  a 
supply  for  the  St.  Peter's  Reformed  congregation  of  Rit- 
tersville,  from  1889  to  1892.  He  died  on  December  23, 
1901,  in  his  sixty-first  year. 


REV.  J.  F.  DfXONG,  D.D. 

Rev.  J.  F.  DeLong,  a  retired  minister  residing  at 
No.  12  Broad  street,  West  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  is  a  native  of 
Berks  county,  was  born  on  November  8,  1847,  at  Bowers 
Station,  Pa.,  son  of  Francis  and  Esther  (Schaeffer)  De- 
Long. 

He  preparted  for  college  at  the  Keystone  Normal 
School  at  Kutztown,  and  entered  the  sophomore  class  at 
Franklin  and  Marshall  college  at  Lancaster,  Pa.,  in  the 
fall  of  1868,  graduated  from  the  college  in  1871 ;  and 
from  the  Theological  Seminary  in  1874.  He  served  the 
following  charges :  Emanuel  Reformed  congregation,  Wil- 
liamsport,  Pa.,  from  1874  to  1879;  St.  John's  congregation, 
in    Bellefonte,    Center   county,    Pa.,    from    1879   to    1886; 


3^  REFORMED    PASTORS. 

the  First  Reformed  congregation  of  Lewlsburg,  Pa.,  from 
1886  to  1 89 1,  and  the  Reformed  congregation  of  Freemans- 
burg, Pa.,  from  1891  to  1905.  In  connection  with  the  lat- 
ter congregation  he  also  served  Bethany  Reformed  congre- 
gation, at  West  Bethlehem,  and  the  St.  Peter's  congre- 
gation at  Rittersville,  Pa.  His  pastorate  at  Rittersville 
began  in  June,  1892  and  ended  in  the  fall  ow  1900.  He 
confirmed  five  classes  of  catecumens  in  this  congregation, 
namely:  In  1892  a  class  of  ten;  in  1894  a  class  of  eleven; 
in  1896,  a  class  of  twenty-six ;  in  1898  a  class  of  seven,  and 
in  1900  a  class  of  twelve,  making  a  total  of  sixty-six  con- 
firmed members. 

He  severed  his  relations  with  this  congregation  at  the 
Communion  in  November  of  1900,  to  give  all  his  pastoral 
duties  to  the  Freemansburg  charge  and  as  a  supply  at 
West  Bethlehem  until  1902,  when  he  resigned  the  Bethany 
congregation  at  West  Bethlehem,  to  devote  all  his  energies 
to  the  Freemansburg  charge,  which  he  continued  to  serve 
until  in  the  summer  of  1905,  when  he  resigned  from  the 
active  ministry. 


REV.   FRANKLIN   H.   MOYER 

Rev.  Franklin  Henry  Moyer,  son  of  Engle  Moyer  and 
his  wife  Eliza,  nee  Semmel,  was  born  in  Allen  Township, 
Northampton  Co.,  Pa.,  on  Jan.  22,  1870.  The  family 
moved  a  little  later  to  South  Whitehall  Township,  Lehigh 
Co.,  Pa.,  where  he  was  reared.  In  his  earlier  years  he 
attended  the  district  school,  later  the  Academy  at  Muhlen- 
berg college.  In  the  fall  of  1889  he  matriculated  as  a 
student  at  Muhlenberg  College.  Two  years  later  he  entered 
the  Junior  class  at  Franklin  and  Marshall  College,  graduat- 
ing with  his  class  in  1893.  The  following  year  he  entered 
the  Theological  seminary  at  Lancaster,  remaining  in  mis 
institution  for  the  full  course.  Having  been  under  the 
care  of  Lehigh  classis  as  a  student  he  was  examined  and 
licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel  by  this  body  in  the  Spring 
of  1896.  At  about  this  time  Zion  Reformed  congregation 
was  organized  at  Siegfried,  Pa.,  which  called  him  to  become 
its  first  pastor.  On  Friday  evening,  October  30,  1896 
he  was  ordained  to  the  office  of  the  Holy  Ministry  and 
installed  as  the  first  pastor  of  Zion  Reformed  congrega- 
tion, the  services  having  been  conducted  by  Rev.  W.  F. 
More,  of  Catasauqua  and  Rev.  Robert  Lisbuger,  of  Bath, 
Pa.,  Zion's  having  been  a  union  church,  he  preached  only 


REV    F.  A.  MOYER 


REV.  F.  A.  GUTH 


REFORMED    PASTORS.  39 

every  other  Sunday  at  Siegfried ;  the  balance  of  the  Sun- 
days were  spent  at  Odenweldertown  on  the  outskirts  of 
Easton,  Pa. ;  there  services  were  conducted  at  a  school 
house  every  two  weeks  till  the  following  spring,  when  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions  stationed  a  Missionary  at  that 
point.  In  the  spring  of  1897  East  Pennsylvania  Classis  ap- 
pointed him  stated  supply  of  Bethany  Reformed  congre- 
gation at  Bethlehem,  Pa.  from  this  time  on  services  were 
conducted  at  Bethany  church,  West  Bethlehem,  every  two 
weeks.  This  congregation  and  the  borough  of  West  Beth- 
lehem were  passing  through  a  crisis.  Employment  was 
scarce,  there  were  many  vacant  houses  and  the  little  con- 
gregation here  suffered  serious  losses.  The  congregation 
at  Siegfried  increased  rapidly  during  this  pastorate.  In 
June,  1901,  East  Pennsylvania  Classis  readjusted  charges, 
Zion  congregation  at  Siegfried  and  the  new  church  at 
Walnutport  were  united  into  a  charge  and  Bethany  con- 
gregation at  Bethlehem  and  St.  Peter's  congregation  at 
Rittersville,  Pa.,  were  united  into  a  charge.  Whereupon 
the  latter  charge  called  Rev.  Moyer  as  pastor.  Important 
work  confronted  the  pastor  in  his  new  field.  Bethany  con- 
gregation immediately  proceeded  to  cancel  all  church  debts 
and  a  new  church  building  was  erected.  At  St.  Peter's  the 
union  treasury  was  abolished  and  each  congregation  con- 
ducted its  own  financial  affairs  separately  with  gratifying 
increase  in  contributions  for  both  congregational  purposes 
and  for  benevolence.  The  constitution  of  the  church  was 
revised  during  this  pastorate  so  as  to  bring  it  to  meet  the 
requirements  of  the  day.  In  May,  1905,  East  Pennsylva- 
nia Classis  again  readjusted  charges,  this  time  detaching 
St.  Peter's  congregation  from  the  West  Bethlehem  charge 
and  uniting  it  with  the  Shoenersville  congregation,  form- 
ing the  Shoenersville  charge.  Rev.  Moyer  remained  pas- 
tor of  the  Bethany  congregation  at  W.  Bethlehem  till  Aug. 
1908,  when  he  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  California.  After 
a  brief  stay  in  the  West,  he  was  called  to  become  pastor  of 
Grace  Reformed  church  at  Allentown,  Pa.,  where  he  is 
now  enjoying  a  successful  pastorate. 


REV.  E.  A.  GUTH. 

Rev.  F.  A.  Guth,  of  Allentown,  Pa.,  was  born  near 
that  city,  July  2nd,  1854,  son  of  the  late  Levi  and  Lydia 
(Wenner)  Guth,  and  a  descendant  of  Lorentz  Guth,  who 
settled    in   Lehigh   county,    Pennsylvania,   in    1737.     At   a 


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suitable  age  Rev.  Guth  was  baptized  and  confirmed  in  the 
Jordan  Reformed  church  by  the  late  Rev.  J.  E.  Fogel,  D.  D. 
He  received  his  early  intellectual  training  at  home  and  in 
the  public  schools,  and  he  attended  the  Keystone  State 
Normal  school,  Kutztown,  under  the  principalship  of  Rev. 
N.  C.  Schaeffer,  D.D.,  LL.D.  He  taught  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  county  for  a  number  of  years. 

In  1876  he  entered  the  preparatory  department  of 
Ursinus  College,  at  Collegeville,  Pa.,  graduated  from 
Ursinus  College,  with  honors,  in  1881. 

In  the  year  1884  he  completed  the  theological  course  of 
Ursinus  Seminary,  and  in  the  same  year  was  licensed  and 
ordained  into  the  holy  ministry  by  the  Lehigh  Classis.  In 
May,  1884,  he  received  and  accepted  a  call  from  York 
County,  Pa.,  being  installed  in  June  of  the  same  year  at 
Jefferson,  York  County.  His  efforts  were  a  marked  suc- 
cess, until  in  1900,  when  throat  weakness  obliged  him  to 
tender  his  resignation. 

In  1902  he  became  a  supply  to  the  Shoenersville  con- 
gregation, also  filled  a  vacancy  in  the  North  Bethlehem 
Reformed  church,  until  East  Pennsylvania  Classis  con- 
structed Shoenersville  charge,  by  uniting  Rittersville  and 
Shoenersville  congregations.  After  the  construction  of  the 
above  mentioned  charge,  Rev.  F.  A.  Guth  became  the  pas- 
tor of  this  flock,  and  served  them  faithfully  until  April 
30,  191 1,  when  he  accepted  a  call  from  the  Jordan  church, 
of  the  Reformed  church,  consisting  of  Jordan,  Cedarville 
and  Morganland  Reformed  congregations,  succeeding  the 
late  Rev.  E.  J.  Fogel,  D.  D.,  of  Fogelsville.  The  Jordan 
Reformed  church  is  the  spiritual  home  of  Rev.  Guth.  It 
was  there  that  his  baptism  and  confirmation  took  place. 

Rev.  Guth  was  the  honored  president  of  the  Guth 
Family  Reunion  for  a  number  of  years,  and  he  owns  a 
part  of  the  original  homestead  of  the  pioneer  Lorentz  Guth 
who  in  1745  erected  a  large  stone  house,  which  is  still 
standing  and  is  one  of  the  landmarks  of  Lehigh  county. 

He  was  united  in  marriage,  May  1,  1884  to  Louisa  H. 
Troxell,  daughter  of  David  and  Mary  (Schaadt)  Troxell, 
of  Lehigh  county.  Their  union  was  blessed  with  these 
sons:  John  L.  Guth,  who  is  a  junior  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Reformed  Church  at  Lancaster,  Pa.,  and 
Henry  E.  Guth,  who  is  a  student  in  the  Medico  Chirurgical 
College,  Philadelphia. 


REV.  J.  S.  BARTHOLOMEW 


REFORMED   PASTORS.  4 1 

REV.  JOSHUA  S.  BARTHOLOMEW. 

Rev.  Joshua  S.  Bartholomew,  of  Allentown,  Pa.,  was 
born  March  22,  1863,  at  Bath,  Northampton  Co.,  Pa.,  son 
of  Joshua  and  Sarah  Ann  (Bleiler)  Bartholomew. 

The  boyhood  days  of  Pastor  Bartholomew  were  spent 
in  the  town  of  his  nativity  and  his  early  training  and  in- 
struction was  obtained  at  home  and  in  the  public  schools  at 
Bath.  Later  he  attended  the  Academy  and  Ursinus  Col- 
lege, at  Collegeville,  Pa.,  the  former  for  a  period  of  two 
years  and  the  latter  for  the  same  length  of  time.  He  then 
entered  the  Ursinus  School  of  Theology,  at  Philadelphia, 
and  after  a  rigid  course  of  three  years  he  was  graduated, 
May  8,  1900.  He  was  at  once  elected  the  Reformed  pastor 
of  the  Lenharsville  charge  in  Berks  county,  which  consists 
of  these  six  churches :  Zion's  in  Perry  township ;  New 
Jerusalem  (Dunkels)  in  Greenwich  township;  Frieden's 
(Wessnersville)  in  Albany  township;  St.  Paul's  in  Windsor 
township;  New  Jerusalem  (Red  Church)  in  Albany  town- 
ship ;  and  St.  Paul's  Christian  Endeavor  Chapel,  Virgin- 
ville.  His  total  membership  numbered  more  than  750  souls. 
In  the  year  1908,  Zion's  Union  Church  in  Perry  township, 
erected  a  new  church  edifice  at  a  cost  of  upwards  of  $35,- 
000,  which  is  all  paid.  This  church  edifice  is  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  in  all  Pennsylvania  and  stands  as  a  lasting 
monument  to  Zion's  Church  pastors  and  congregations.  No 
little  credit  is  due  unto  Rev.  Bartholomew  for  the  part  he 
performed  so  faithfully  and  conscientiously  in  the  erection 
of  this  large  and  handsome  edifice.  On  September  1,  191 1, 
the  Rev.  Bartholomew  accepted  a  call  from  the  Shoenersville 
charge,  in  Lehigh  county,  which  consists  of  St.  Peter's  Union 
Church  at  Rittersville,  and  Christ's  Church  at  Shoenersville. 
He  began  his  ministerial  duties  on  October  1,  of  the  same 
year.  His  installation  took  place  in  the  Shoenersville 
Church  November  19,  1912.  The  committee  who  installed 
Pastor  Bartholomew  into  his  work  here  were :  Reverends 
H.  J.  Ehret,  of  Bethlehem ;  Edwin  W.  Lentz,  of  Bangor, 
and  Titus  C.  Strock,  of  Bethlehem.  Rev.  Bartholomew 
moved  with  his  family  to  Allentown,  Pa.,  on  April  1,  1912. 

On  August  5,  1883,  he  married  Mary  J.  Funk,  daugh- 
ter of  Abraham  and  Sarah  (Hower)  Funk.  To  this  union 
have  been  born  four  children:  Calvin  S.,  who  is  now  a 
student  and  is  preparing  for  college ;  Henry  U.,  Ruth 
S.  and  Joshua  F. 


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PROF.  ISAAC  H.  BARTHOLOMEW 

Prof.  Tsaac  H.  Bartholomew,  the  principal  of  the  Beth- 
lehem High  School,  was  horn  at  Bath,  Northampton  county, 
Pa.,  Decemher  19,  1874.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Broad 
Street  Conservatory  of  Music,  Philadelphia,  and  at  the  pres- 
ent time  is  the  organist  of  the  Holy  Trinity  Lutheran  Church, 
at  West  Bethlehem;  is  the  Director  of  the  Bass  Clef  Club; 
and  the  Director  of  The  Church  Choral  Society,  Bethlehem, 
Pa.  He  served  Rittersville  Union  Church  Congregations  as 
organist  for  six  years  and  at  the  same  time  was  the  principal 
of  our  public  schools.  He  composes  much  of  his  own  music 
and  possesses  rare  talent  in  musical  lines. 


MILTON  T.  REICHART 

Milton  T.  Reichard  was  the  organist  of  the  Union 
Sunday-school  for  a  period  of  thirty-one  years;  and 
of  the  Lutheran  Sunday-school  since  its  organization 
in    [906. 


E.  P.  LAUBACH 

E.  P.  Laubach  is  the  organist  of  the  Reformed 
congregation  and  previous  to  the  division  of  the  choir 
in  1906  he  served  both  congregations.  After  each  con- 
gregation elected  its  own  organist  he  was  chosen  to 
serve  the  Reformed  congregation  which  he  has  done 
to  the  present  time. 


HORACE  O.  WARMKESSEL 

Horace  ( ).  Warmkessel  is  the  organist  and  choir- 
leader  of  St.  Peter's  Lutheran  congregation  since  Feb- 
ruary, 1007.  He  lias  served  as  organist  and  choir 
leader  of  the  following  churches:  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church,  Fogelsville,  1902-1904;  Salem  Evangelical 
Church,  Allentown,  1904-1906;  and  the  Episcopal 
Church,  Allentown,  from  iqo6  until  he  began  to  serve 
the   present   congregation. 


Members  of  Reformed  Congregation 


The  following  are  the  names  of  the  members  of  St. 
Peter's  Reformed  congregation,  as  taken  from  the  Church 
records  kept  by  the  Secretary  of  the  congregation : 


Albright,   Thomas 
Albright,   Mrs.   Thos. 
Augstadt,    Charles 
Appel,  Edward 
Arndt,   Walter   C. 
Arndt,   Ellen  J. 
Auer,   Mrs.   Henry 
Bachman,    Annie 
Bickley,    Peter 
Bickert,    George 
Beckert,    Emma 
Bickert,    Clarence 
Brader,    Marietta 
Brader,    Charles 
Brader,   Jerome 
Brader,    Maggie 
Bower,  Susan 
Bodman,    Jennie   M. 
Christ,    Minnie 
Clader,  Asha 
Clader,    Preston, 
Clewell,    Roy 
Dech,   Ursula 
Deibert,    Amanda 
Deibert,    Matilda 
Deibert,    Herbert 
Derr,   Mrs.   William 
Dilgert,  Frank 
Dilgert,    Mrs.    Frank 
Dilgert,    Clyde 
Dilgert,    Mabel    S. 
Dilgert,   Hattie    F. 
Devlin,  Agnes  S.  H. 
Donnecker,   Mrs. 

Clinton 
Ehret,  Lovine 
Ehret,    Mrs.    Lovine 
Ehret,  William 
Ehret,    Mrs.    William 
Ehret,  Wilson 
Ebelshauser,   John 
Ebelshauser,    Catha- 
rine 
Ebelshauser,    Philip 
Fatzinger,    Horatius 


Fatzinger,   Mrs.   Ho- 
ratius 

Fatzinger,    Charles 

Fatzinger,    Mrs. 
Charles 

Flores,   James 

Flores,   Robert 

Flores,   Carrie    * 

Flores,   Preston 

Flores,   Mrs.   Preston 

Flores,  Carrie 

Flores,    Solomon 

Flores,  Mr.   Solomon 

Foulke,  Irvin 

Foulke,  Mrs.  Irvin 

Foulke,    Oliver 

Foulke,    Mrs.    Oliver 

Foulke  Jennie 

Frank,   Mrs.   David 

Fravel,    Charles 

Fravel,  Carrie  M. 

Frankenfield,   Elias 

Fredrick,    J.    H. 

Fredrick,   Mrs.  J.   H. 

Fredrick,   Mable 

Gormerly,    Emma 

Goerlich,    William 

Gruver,  James  W.  H. 

Hainey,   James 

Hainey,    Mrs.   James 

Hainey,   Edwin 

Hainey,    Mrs.    Edwin 

Hainey,   Charles 

Haas,   Milton 

Haas,  Mrs.  Milton 

Hartman,    Lillie 

Harris,    Mary 

Heiney,   Clayton 

Heiney,  Mary 

Heiney,  Cyrus 

Heiney,   Mrs.   Cyrus 

Heiney,  John 

Heiney.   Clarence 

Hausen,   Martin 

Hausen,  Mrs.  Martin 

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Hemsher,    Benjamin 

Hemsher,  Mrs.  Ben- 
jamin 

Heimbach,   Irwin 

Heimbach,  Elda 

Heimbach,  Agnes  M. 

Heimbach,  Minnie  A. 

Heimbach,    Lloyd    E. 

Heimbach,  Charles  D. 

Heimbach,    Florence 
A. 

Herring,    William 

Herring,   Mrs.   Wil- 
liam 

Hilbert,   Oscar 

Hilbert,    Mrs.    Oscar 

Hilbert,  Mary 

Hinkel,   James 

Hoehle,    Mrs.    Thos. 

Hoehle,   Alfred 

Hoehle,    Rebecca 

Hoehle,   Clarence 

Hoch    Printon 

Hoch,   Jennie 

Hoffert,  William,  Sr. 

Hoffert,  William,  Jr. 

Hoffert,    Mrs.    Win. 
Sr. 

Hoffert,  Marion 

Hoffner,    Frederick 

Hoffner,   Mrs.   Fred- 
erick 

Hucke,    George 

Hucke,  Henry 

Hucke,    Mrs.    Henry 

Hucke,    Harry 

Hucke,  William 

Hucke,    Frederick 

Huber,   Beulah 

Isler,    Mrs.    Charles 

Isler,  Mabel 

Keller,  John  S. 

Keller,  Mrs.  John  S. 

Kichline,    Wilson 

King,  Ellen 


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REFORMED    MEMBERS. 


Kleckner,  Emma  J. 
Knoll,  Joseph 
Knoll,   William 
Knoll,    Mrs.    William 
Knoll,  John 
Knoll,  Louisa 
Kocher,   George 
Kocher,  Jane 
Kocher,  Ellen 
Kocher,  Margaret  E. 
Kressley,    Oliver   H. 
Kressley,    Clara 
Kressley,  James 
Kressley,    Lillie 
Kressley,  John 
Kressley,    Maria 
Kressley,    Wilson 
Kressley,    William 
Kressley,  Andrew 
Kressley,  Ada  M. 
Kressley,  Harold  R. 
Kresge,   Milton 
Kresge,    Mrs.    Milton 
Kresge,  Ada  R. 
Kresge,    Eva   H. 
Kresge,    Howard 
Kratzer,  John 
Leiby,   Henry  W. 
Lerch,   Roscoe 
Lerch,   Mrs.    Roscoe 
Lerch,  Cyrus 
Lerch,   Mrs.   Cyrus 
Laub,  Laura 
Laub,   Flossie 
Mack,  Oscar  R. 
McNeal,    Charles 
McNeal,    Mrs.    Chas. 
Mallatratt,  Wilhel- 

mina 
Mallatratt,    Charlotta 
McHose,    Sarah 
Miller,    Carrie 
Miller,   Emma 
Minnich,    Charles   W. 
Minnich,    Jennie 
Minnich,    Daniel 
Minnich,   Thomas 
Minnich,    Robert 
Minnich,   Asher 
Minnich,   Mrs.  Asher 
Minnich,    Helen 
Moll,  Tilghman 
Moll,  Mrs.  Tilghman 
Moll,  Ephraim 
Moll,  Mrs.  Ephraim 
Moll,  Abner  W. 
Moll,    Clayton 


Moll,   Emma  R., 
Moll,  Birdie  B. 
Moll,   Lovely 
Moyer,    Lillian 
Moyer,    Eucinnatta 
Milter,    Raymond   E. 
Nagle,   Clara 
Nagle,  Allen 
Nagle,  Elwood  J. 
Nagle,   Claude   S. 
Nagle,   Mrs.    Claude 
Osenbach,   Mrs.    El- 
mer 
Oberly,   Harietta  A. 

J- 

Patterson,  William 
Patterson,    Minerva 
Patterson,  Oscar 
Patterson,   Addie 
Patterson,    Edna 
Patterson,   Helen 
Philips,  Alvin  F. 
Philips,   Addie  M. 
Petri,    Edward 
Petri,   Mrs.   Edward 
Poe,  David 
Poe,   Clarence   B. 
Quier,  Edwin 
Quier,  Hettie 
Quier,  Henry 
Remaly,  Raymond  R. 
Reichard,    Louisa 
Rephorn,  John 
Rinker,   Josiah 
Rinker,    James 
Roebuck,   Mrs.    Chas. 
Roth,  William   P. 
Roth,  Mrs.  Wm.  P. 
Roth,  Agnes 
Roth,   Sadie 
Roth,  Ellen 
Roth,    Clayton 
Roth,    Mrs.    Clayton 
Roth,   Neddie 
Roth,   Mrs.  Neddie 
Rhoad,    Samuel 
Ritter,   Lizzie 
Reinbold,    Joseph 
Reinbold,  Jennie 
Schultz,    Alvin 
Schultz,    Elmer 
Schultz,    Stella 
Schultz,    Clinton    R. 
Schiffert,  Frederick 
Schlichter,   Milton 
Schlichter,  Mrs.  Mil- 
ton 


Smith,  Kate 
Smith,   Nora 
Seyfried,   Mrs.   Har- 
riet 
Seigfried,    Henry   E. 
Seislove,   Alfred 
Seislove,  Mrs.  Alfred 
Shireman,    Emma 
Snyder,  John  M. 
Snyder,   Martin 
Snyder,   George 
Snyder,  Julia 
Snyder,   Wallace   O. 
Snyder,   Sallie 
Snyder,  Oscar  C. 
Snyder,  S.  P. 
Strohm,    Mrs.    Jere- 
miah 
Strohm,   Charles 
Strohm,  William   F. 
Strohm,   Annie  M. 
Scholl,    Augustus 
Scholl,    Mrs.    Augus- 
tus 
Scholl,   Frederick 
Scholl,  Adelina  L. 
Steckel,   Solomon 
Steckel,   Carrie 
Sterner,    Mrs.    Elmer 
Trexler,    Isabella 
Walter,  Frank 
Walter,  Ida 
Walter,    Mrs.    James 
Walter,  Warren 
Warnick,  Mrs.  James 
Weaver,  Clarissa 
Weaver,  Mrs.   J.  W. 
Weiss,  Mrs.  Edwin 
Werst,   Mrs.   Clinton 
Wetzel,    Charles 
Wetzel,  Lovine 
Wetzel,   Hattie 
Welty,    Theresa 
Weidner,  Jefferson 
Weidner,   Sarah  L. 
Weidner,    Annie   M. 
Weidner,    Emma   R. 
Weiland,   Charles  J. 
Weiland,   Annie 
Williamson,    Harvey- 
Williamson,    Catha- 
rine 
Zeiner,  Jacob 
Zeiner,  Kate 
Zeiner,    Charles    S. 
Zeiner,  Mary  R. 


Members  of  Lutheran  Congregation 


The  following  are  the  names  of  all  communicant,  con- 
tributing and  charitable  members  of  St.  Peter's  Evangelical 
Lutheran  congregation: 


Acker,   Mrs.   Mary 

Acker,  Mrs.  William 

Acker,   Mrs.   Lizzie 

Acker,   Alfred 

Anthony,    Harvey 

Anthony,   Calvin 

Apple,  Mrs.   Annie 

Aues,   Mrs.    Sarah 

Aues,   Henry 

Austin,  Hayden  V. 

Austin,  Mrs.  Lillie  K. 

Bachman,  M.  H. 

Bachman,   Miss    Eva 
V. 

Baer,  Louis 

Baer,  Mrs.  Emma 

Baer,  Kurt 

Banbach,    Ernest    F. 

Banbach,  Mrs.  Amelia 

Barndt,   Mrs.  Amelia 

Bauer,    Miss   Alice 

Bauer,  Geo.  J. 

Bauer,  Jno.   E. 

Beitler,   Levi  J. 

Beitler,    Jeremiah 

Beitler,    Mrs.    Lizzie 

Beitler,  Robt.  T. 

Beitler,  Marcus  J. 

Beitler,   Robt.  L 

Beitler,    Mrs.   James 

Berger,  Henry 

Biegley,  Mrs.  Aman- 
da 

Billheimer,  M.   R. 

Billheimer,    Mrs. 
Emma 

Billheimer,  Miss  An- 
nie 

Billheimer,    Miss 
Florence  M. 

Billheimer,   Harvey 
S. 

Billheimer,    Mrs.    M. 
E.  Ellen 

Bittner,  W.   P. 


Bittner,  Mrs.  Alice 

Blacker,   Arthur 

Blacker,  Henry 

Blacker,    Mrs.    Elea- 
nora 

Bortz,  James  D. 

Boyer,   Clinton   H. 

Boyer,   Miss   Lizzie 
Mae 

Boyer,    Marcellus 

Boyer,  Mrs.   Sarah 

Boyer,  Edgar  P. 

Boyer,    Preston 

Breisch,    Mrs.    Ellen 

Bregenzer,    Edwin 

Bregenzer,  Mrs.  Hat- 
tie 

Briner,    Mrs.    Minnie 

Buchmiller,    Freder- 
ick M. 

Buchmiller,  Mrs. 
Frederick  M. 

Beutel,  John 

Beutel,  Mrs.  Flora 

Burns,   Mrs. 

Butz,  Peter  F. 

Butz,  Mrs.   Celesta 

Butz,   Miss  Florence 

Butz,   Miss   Mamie 

Butz,   Warren 

Butz,  Mrs.  Tennie  M. 

Clader,    Mrs.    Annie 

Clewell,  Thos. 

Clewell,   Mrs.  Thos. 

Chryst,  William 

Chryst,  Mrs.  Emma 

Chyrst,    Alfred 

Conrad,  Franz 

Conrad,  Mrs.  Lena 

Conrad,    Miss    Hilda 
L. 

Dannecker,    CISnton 
G. 

Dannecker,   Laura 

Deily,   Daniel 

45 


Deily,   Hiram 
Deily,  Mrs.  Hiram 
Deily,  Mrs.  Alice 
Deily,  Easton  A. 
Diehl,    William 
Diehl,  Mrs.  Lizzie 
Eberhard,  Wm.   F. 
Eberhard,  Mrs.  Jane 
Eberhard,   Harry  C. 
Eberhard,  Mrs.  Helen 
Eslinger,   Henry 
Fatzinger,    Truman 

H. 
Fatzinger,    Mrs. 

Helen 
Fauerbach,    William 
Fauerbach,   Philip 
Fauerbach,    Mrs. 

Catharine 
Fauerbach,  Frederick 
Fegely,  C.  M. 
Fegely,  Mrs.   Lavina 
Fenchel,   Emelina 
Fenchel,  William 
Fenchel,   Mrs.   Mary 

G. 
Fenchel,  Elsie 
Finger,  Jacob 
Finger,    Mrs.    Lizzie 
Fisher,    Arthur 
Fisher,   Mrs.   Arthur 
Fisher,  Mrs.  Clarence 
Flores,  Thomas 
Flores,  Mrs.   Christi- 
ana 
Flores,    William 
Flores,  William  T. 
Fogel,  James 
Fogel,  Mrs.   James 
Frank,  David 
Frankenfield,    Emma 
Frankenfield,  Flor- 
ence 
Fulmer,    Edwin 
Fulmer,   Mrs.    Sallie 


46 


LUTHERAN    MEMBERS. 


Fulmer,   Mrs.   Catha- 
rine 

Gangewere,  Dr.  V.  J. 

Gangewere,    Mrs. 
Cora 

Gessner,  Arthur 

Gessner,   Mrs.   Flora 

Gogel,  Annie 

Gogel,  Jennie 

Groman,   Harry 

Groman,  Mrs.  Emma 

Gross,    Mrs.    Bertha 

Harris,    Frank 

Harris,  Mrs.  Camilla 

Harris,  Chas. 

Harris,  Mrs.   Marga- 
ret 

Harris,  Ellen 

Harris,   Annie 
Harris,  Erma 
Hartranft,    Walter 
Hartranft,  Mrs.  Jen- 
nie 
Hausman,    Henry 
Hausman,  Mrs.  Mary 
Herbster,    Frank 
Herbster,  Mrs.  Stella 
Hilbert,  Edwin 
Hilbert,   Mrs.    Cora 

E. 
Hilbert,  Wilson 
Hilbert,  Jonas 
Hoehle,  Thomas 
Hoehle,  Lottie 
Hoehle,    Mrs.    Polly 
Huffort,  Mrs.  Emma 
Huver,   Robt.  W. 
Keiper,    Raymond    C. 
Kern,  Leuw. 
Kern,   Annie 
Kichline,   Mrs.    Ala- 
bama 
Kichline,  Mrs.  Hattie 
Klotz,  Dr.  R.  B. 
Klotz,   Mrs.    Lizzie 
Kleckner,    Mrs.    Lilly 
Knodle,   Mrs.   Jacob 
Knoll,  Mrs.  Joseph 
Knoll,    Mrs.    Jennie 
Knoll,  Lillie 
Knoll,   Robt.  W. 
Knoll,    Mrs.   Matilda 
Knopp,   Erwin 
Knopp,   Mrs.  Lucy 
Knopp,    Elizabeth 
Knopp,   Edith    H. 
Kocher,   Clara 


Koenig, 

Koenig, 

Koenig, 

Koenig, 

Koenig, 

Kreiss, 

Kreiss, 

Kreiss, 

Kreiss, 

Kreiss, 

Kreiss, 

Kreiss, 

Krauss, 

Krauss, 

Krauss, 

Kartzer 


Joseph 

Minnie 

Mathias 

John 

Mrs.  Dora 
Mrs.  Ida 
Jacob 
Jacob,   Jr. 
Mrs.   Ellen 
Elmer 
Edwin 
Mrs.  Clara 

Mrs.    Eva 

Reuben 

Mrs.  Lora 
,  Mrs.   Clar- 


issa 
Kartzer,   Chas.   H. 
Kartzer,    Mrs.    Stella 
Kuhns,    Madison 

Kuhns,    Mrs.    Madi- 
son 

Kuhns,  John  G. 

Laub,   Mrs.  Luella 

Laub,   Milton 

Laub,  Mrs.  Ida 

Laub,   Harvey 

Leiser,   James 

Leiser,    Lillie 

Lentz,    Mrs.    Estella 

Lerch,   Laura, 

Mack,  Mrs.  Mary  D 

Mack,   Joseph 

Mack,   Mrs.   Alice 

Mack,  Oscar  A. 

Mack,  Harvey 

March,    Mrs.    Eliza- 
beth 

Masten,  James 

Masten,    Mrs.  James 

Martin,    Chas. 

Martin,   Mrs.   Lizzie 

Maurer,    Oscar 

Mentzell,    John 

Mentzell,   Mrs.   John 

Mentzell,    Truman 

Mentzell,  Robert 

Mentzell,    Stanley 

Mertz,   Mrs.  Eliza 

Mill,    Forest 

Mill,   Mrs.   Forrest 

Miller,    Wm.    B. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Annie 

Miller,    Israel 

Miller,  Mrs.  Katie 

Miller,    Rudolph 

Miller,  Florence 


Miller,   Harry  T. 
Moyer,   Jas. 
Moyer,    Frank 
Moyer,  Lora 
Moyer,  Dr.  Theodore 
Moyer,   Mrs.  Fianna 
Moyer,   Mrs.   Alice 
Moyer,    Templeton 
Moyer,    Milton 
Moyer,    Mrs.    Ella 
Nagle,    Flossie    E. 
Nagle,  Hatie  H. 
Nagle,    Florence 
Nagle,  Mrs.  Ellenora 
Nagle,    Daniel 
Nagle,  Mrs.  Jane 
Nagle,  Preston 
Nagle,  Mrs.  Preston 
Nagle,   Rosa 
Nefr,  Fred 
Neff,  Mrs.   Frederica 
Nicholas,   Aaron 
Nicholas,    Mrs. 

Amelia 
Osenbach,    Tillman 
Osenbach,  Mrs.  Alice 
Osenbach,  Matilda 
Osenbach,   William 
Osenbach,  Mrs.  Wm. 
Osenbach,    Theodore 
Osenbach,    Harvey 
Osenbach,    Hattie 
Osenbach,   Elmer 
Osman,  Asher 
Osman,  Mrs.  Mary 
Osman,  Estella 
Osman,    Ralph 
Osman,   Elsie 
Peifer,  J.  Henry 
Peifer,    Mrs.    Jennie 
Poh,   Mrs.   Ellen 
Rabenold,   Percival 
Rabenold,   Mrs. 

Louisa 
Rabenold,    Erwin 
Rabenold,    Arthur 
Radel,  Mrs.   Mabel 
Rati,  Theodore 
Rau,  Mrs.  Minnie 
Rau,    Edward 
Reichart,    Mrs.   Mary 
Reichart,   Milton 
Reichart,  Mrs.  Emma 
Reichart,   Mrs.   Mary 
Reichart,  Alfred 
Reichart,   Mrs.    Elsie 
Reichart,    Robert 


LUTHERAN  MEMBERS. 


47 


Reichart,    Mrs.    Ber- 
tha 
Reichart,    Clayton 
Reichart,   Harry 
Reichart.  Mrs.  Verna 
Reinhard,  Otto 
Reinhard,  Mrs.  Lizzie 
Renner,   Thomas 
Remaley,   Mrs.   Mary 
Rinker,  Flora  A. 
Rinker,  Stella 
Rinker,  Clarence 
Ritter,   Mrs.    Matilda 
Ritter,    Sarah    M. 
Ritter,  Mrs.  Ida 
Ritter   Mrs.   Ellen 
Ritter,   Warren 
Ritter,   Mrs.   Warren 
Ritter,    Robert   C. 
Ritter,    Mrs.    Robert 
Roebuck,  Charles 
Roebuck,   Harry 
Ritter,   Rev.  I.  B. 
Ritter,   Mrs.   Martha 
Ritter,   Miriam 
Rogers,    H.    D. 
Rogers,  Mrs.  H.  D. 
Rogers,  Bertha 
Rogers,    Martha 
Rogers,  Dr.  Clarence 

C. 
Rogers,  Mrs.  Jennie 
Roth,    George 
Roth,  William   H. 
Roth,  Ellamina 
Roth,  William 
Roth,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 
Roth,    Benjamin 
Roth,  Calvin 
Roth,  Victor 
Roth,  Mrs.  Victor 
Rothrock,  Oscar  M. 
Rothrock,    Edwin 
Rothrock,   George 
Rothrock,   Mrs.   Geo. 
Rothrock,   Clinton 
Rothrock,   Mrs.   Beu- 

lah 
Roos,  Jacob 
Roos,  Mrs.  Sophia 
Royer,  Jacob 
Royer,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Royer,  Wallace 
Royer,    Mrs.    Masie 
Ruhe,  Mrs.  Rosa 
Ruhe,   Mrs.   Jacob 
Ruhe,  Jacob 


Ruhe,  Fred 
Ruhe,   Mrs.   Stella 
Ruhe,  George 
Ruhe,   Mrs.   Mary 
Ruhe,  Edwin 
Ruhe,  Robert  D. 
Ruppert,  Jacob 
Ruppert,   Mrs.   Kath- 
arine 
Saeger,   Mrs.   Albert 
Saeger,  Albert 
Saeger,  Mrs.  Matilda 
Shoedler,    Charles 
Shoedler,   Samuel 
Shoedler,   Ellen 
Schoeneman,  Flor- 
ence 
Schuler,  Mrs.  Ella 
Seibring,    Martin 
Seibring,  Mrs.  Martin 
Semmel,  Mrs.  Amelia 
Shireman,   Thomas 
Shireman,   Mrs.  Ag- 
nes 
Shireman,    Victor 
Shireman,  Mrs.  Alice 
Shireman,  John 
Shireman,  Mrs.  John 
Shireman,    Lizzie 
Shireman,    Harry 
Shively,  G.  W. 
Silfies,    Mr.   &   Mrs. 
Smith,   Oscar 
Souders,  Emma 
Solliday,   Mrs.   Eliza- 
beth 
Solliday,    William 
Solliday,  Samuel 
Stump,    Samuel 
Stump,  Mrs.  Amanda 
Stump,    Harry 
Stump,  Mrs.  Delia 
Stehley,   Floyd 
Symons,  James 
Symons,  Mrs.   Maria 
Symons,  Andrew 
Symons,   Alice 
Symons,  Charle  T. 
Texter,   Minnie 
Texter,  Frank,   Sr. 
Texter,  William 
Texter,  Mrs.  Cora 
Texter,    Lewis 
Texter,  Tavilla 
Texter,  Mrs.  Amanda 
Texter,    Morris 
Texter,  Oliver 


Texter,  Harvey 
Texter,   Frank,  Jr. 
Trexler,    Mrs.   James 
Unverzagt,    Robert 

Unverzagt,  Mrs.   Lil- 
lie 

VanHorn,  W.  F. 
VanHorn,  Mrs.  W. 
F. 

VanHorn,  Mark 

Warmkessel,  H.  O. 

Warmkessel,   Mrs. 
H.  O. 

Walter,   Edmund 

Walter,    Mrs.    Mary 

Walter,   Helen 

Walter,  Oliver 

Walter,   Mrs.  Cora 

Walter,    Edna 

Walter,  Jerome 

Walter    Mrs.    Katura 

Walter,   John 

Walter,  Mrs.  Lucy 

Walter,   Hebert 

Walter,  Mrs.   Helen 

Walter,  Annie 

Walter,   Raymond 

Walter,   Howard 

Walter,  Mrs.  Bertha 

Walter,    Samuel 

Walter,  James 

Wehr,  Clinton  M. 

Wehr,  Mrs.  Ida 

Welchli,   J. 

Welchli,  Mrs.  J. 

Wenner,  Mrs.  John 

Wenner,  John 

Wenner,  Levi 

Weil,  William 

Weil,  Agnes 

Weil,   Harley 

Werst,  Roy 

Werst,  Jennie 

Werst,  Harry 

Werst,  Mrs.   Katie 

Werst,    Mrs.    Sophia 

Werst,   William 

Werst,  Mrs.   Sadie 

Werst,   Hebert. 

Werst,  Cluston 

Werst,   Mrs.   Elisa 

Werst,   Forrest 

Werst,   Garrison 

Werst,    Clinton 

Wieser,    Mrs.    Caro- 
line 

Wieser,    Thomas 


48 


LUTHERAN    MEMBERS. 


Wieser,   Mrs.   Ma- 
tilda 
Wieser,   Hannah 
Wieser,   Gertie  R. 
Wieser,   Gertrude 
Wieser,  Erwin 


Weiser,  Mrs.  Flor- 
ence 

Wieser,  Minnie 

Wieser,  John  D. 

Wieser,  Mrs.  John  D. 

Williamson,  Benja- 
min 


Williamson,  Fietta 
Worseck,    Bertha 
Worseck,  William  T. 
Tates,  Mrs.  Ida 

Total,   451. 


Inscriptions  on  Tombstones 

Found  in  Cemetery  and  Graveyard  Adjoining  St.  Peter's  Union 
Church,  Rittersville,  Lehigh  County,  Pa. 


Name. 

Acker,  Jesse   

Acker,    Maria    

Acker,  Cornelius  

Acker,  Emma   

Acker,  Maria  C 

Acker,  Cora  A 

Acker,  Raymond  J.  . 

Acker,  Hilda  M.   

Albright,  James    

Albright,  Matilda  . . 
Albright,  Owen   .... 

Albright,   Diana   

Albright,  J.  Allen  .. 
Albright,  Monroe  J. 
Albright,  Oliver  J.  . 
Albright,  Charles  W. 

Appel,  Estella   

Allstick,  Albert  T.  . 
Anderson,  Albert  . . 
Arndt,  Willie  F.  . . . 
Arndt,  Raymond  C. 
Auer,  Anna  McC.  . . 
Auer,  Charles  A.  . . . 

Auer,  Elmira   

Anthony,  Nelson  A. 

Andreas,  Peter   

Andreas,  Sarah 


Birth. 


Death. 


Bast,  Jacob  

Bast,  Alfred  M.  . . 
Barndt,  Charles  A. 
Bauer,  James   .... 

Bauer,  Mary   

Bauer,  William  H. 
Bauer,  Clinton  . . . 
Bauer,  Minnie  R. 

Beitler,  Isaac   

Beitler,  Sarah  A. 
Beitler,  James  W. 


May 

Feb. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Aug. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Mar. 

Jan. 

Apr. 

Nov. 

Mar. 

Nov. 

May 

Aug. 


Oct. 
Sept. 

'Dec. 
Dec. 

July 

July 


B 

Feb. 

Sept. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Jan. 


i, 1807 

5,1803 
22, 1840 
31, 1876 

5, 1835 
17, 1867 

9, 1888 
17, 1892 
20, 1820 
24, 1822 
11,1825 
18, 1829 
15, 1851 

7, 1855 
20, 1858 

7,1860 


20, 1897 

25, 1906 

1883 

2, 1861 

25, 183S 

17, 1834 
11,1839 


20, 178c 
1843 
4,  1858 
2;.  1812 
14,  1817 
H,i853 


Apr. 
Nov. 
Oct. 

49 


13, 1804 
8,1842 
12, 1840 


Feb. 

Mar. 

Jan. 

Sept. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Aug. 

Feb. 

July 

Feb. 

Sept. 

June 

May 

May 

Oct. 

Apr. 


July 
July 

May 
Dec. 

Jan. 
Dec. 


May 

Mar. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Jan. 

June 

June 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Mar. 


23,  1 
30, 1 «8o 
18,  1905 
28,  1889 
4, i860 

14,  1893 
28,  1896 

4,  1902 
11,  1867 
14, 1867 
3, 1898 
8,  1862 
9,1881 
7,1862 
6, 1862 

15,  i860 
1,1911 


15, 1908 
11, 1907 
1884 
18, 1910 
23,  191 1 

12, 1898 
29, 1878 


Age. 

yr 
72 

77 
64 
22 

25 


30, 1862 

S2 

3 

1843 

23, 1908 

40 

6 

25, 1892 

80 

11 

12, 1877 

66 

20,  1900 

47 

12,  1889 

11 

11 

5, 1889 

6 

I,  189I 

86 

8 

5.  1907 

64 

1 

19, 1900 

25 


5o 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


Name. 

Beitler,  Marcus  S.  W 

Beitler,  Harvey  C. 

Beitler,     Elizabeth     (nee 

Knass)    

Beitler,  Mary  Ann   

Bickert,  William  G 

Bickert,  Arthur  F 

Bickert,  Howard  L. 

Bickert,  Catherine  A 

Bickert,  William  T 

Bickert  Christianna  

Bernhard,  Laura  A 

Biegley,  Laura  E 

Biegley,  Adam  

Biegley,  Eliza   

Bigly,  Sarah   

Bigley,  Oscar  A 

Berwick  Henry   

Blacker,  William  H 

Blacker,  Oliver  G 

Blacker,   Laura    

Blacker,  Mabel  

Bodeen,  Helga  

Borger,  Lovina   

Berwick,  Henry  

Brador,  Edwin  J 

Brador,  Samuel 

Brador,  Eliza  S 

Bregenzer,  Gottlieb  F 

Bregenzer,  Wildburga 

Brinker,  Paul  I 

Brinker,  Hilda  M 

Boyer,  Thomas    

Boyer,  Katie  S.  P 

Boyer,  Charles   E 

Beck,  Elsie  M 

Brong,  Lewis  H 

Brong,    Minnie   C 

Brong,  Andrew  J 

Brong,  William  H 

Brong,  Edwin  F 

Brong,  Lizzie  G 

Brong,  Annie  M 

Brong,  William  Joseph 

Brong,   Catherine    

Baum,  Eliza  


Jan. 
Tan. 

Nov. 

Dec. 
Mar. 


Sept. 
Feb. 
Sept. 
July 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Aug. 
Dec. 
Nov. 

Sept. 

May 

Tuly 
Dec. 

Nov. 

Jan. 

Nov. 

Apr. 

Feb. 

Jan. 

Nov. 

June 
Oct. 
July 
Dec. 


Birth. 

12,  1864 

14,  I87I 
4, 1804 

4,  183 1 
9,1884 
1888 
1891 

21,  l8l6 
23, 1804 

15,  1834 
12,  1866 
25, 1863 
26,  1828 
28,  l8lQ 
26,  l8l2 

29, 1 86 1 

4, 1858 

1882 

4, 1867 

1888 

20, 1910 

7, 1814 

1, 1848 
4, 1809 
27, 1859 
28, 1827 
28, 1842 
15, 1908 

2, 1826 

1891 

12, 188/ 

17,  1881 

22,  1843 
28, 1867 


Death. 


Age. 


Feb.     22,  1829 


Mar 
Oct.* 

Aug. 
Sept. 
Jan. 


Oct. 

Jan. 

June 

Oct. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Nov. 

Jan. 

Nov. 

Apr. 

Nov. 

Feb. 

May 
Apr. 
Apr. 
June 
Apr. 
Oct. 
Apr. 
June 
Apr. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Apr. 

Sept. 

Sept. 

May 

May 

May 

May 

Oct. 

Nov. 
Mar. 


Ivr 

10, 1876 

12 

20,  1872 

I 

10, 1864 

.so 

23,  1858 

26 

17, 1887 

2 

1889 

1892 

II, 1896 

80 

I,l88l 

46 

II,  I909 

74 

II, I90S 

14,1886 

23 

26,  1901 

72 

II,  I909 

90 

18, 1886 
23,1886 

14. 1910 
14, 1890 

1884 

25. 191 1 
1890 

23, 191 I 
18, 1882 

14, 1910 
6,  1906 

20, 1890 
2,  1861 

24, 1905 

30,  1899 
9,  1910 


10 


18, 1901 

I7S 

1892 

23, 1897 

10 

10, 1908 

26, 1897 

54 

13, 1876 

3,1880 

I 

12,  1880 

6 

I4,l880 

4 

31,1880 

3 

I3,l883 

66 

26,  1894 

68 

13,  1910 

24 
16 

II 

4 

3 

3 

13 

28 

27 


Cahoon,  Calvin    

Clader,  Jacob   

Clader,  Matilda   

Clader,  Emelina  S. 
Clader,  William  H. 
Carey,  Mary  , 


Apr. 

Nov. 
May 
Feb. 


17, 1817 
1,1868 
7, 1836 

23, 1838 


Nov.    13,  1804 


Jan. 
June 

Nov. 
July 


i8,l85l|33 
10, 1905 1 36 
28,  1904  J  68 
20,  1880I42 


Nov.      H,i867|62|iij28 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


51 


Name. 

Clewell,  Mary  A.  . 
Christman,  Paul  F. 
Colver,  Charles  W. 


Birth. 

Feb.  13,  1862 
Feb.  11,1896 
Nov.    27,  1839 


Death. 


Age. 


Feb. 
July 
May 


27, 1863 
27, 1896 
15,1861 


ds 
14 

18 


Deily,  Eli  G 

Deily,  Mary   

Deily,  Irwin  F 

Deily,  Mamie  

Deily,  James  , 

Deily,  Adie   , 

Deily,  Joseph   

Deily,  Irwin  F.   ... 

Deily,  Lovine   

Deily,  Herbert  D.  . 
Deily,  Mabel  O.  . . . 
Dennis,  Emma  .... 

Derr,  Mary   

Deibert,  Harvey  S. 
Deibert,  John  E.  . 
Diehm,  Mary  A.  . . 
Diehm,  Thomas  . . . 

Dixon,  George   

Dixon,  Lucy  Ann  . 
Dimming,  Berlinda 
Diehl,  Mana  E.   . . . 


Eberhard,  John   

Eberhard,   Catharine    . . . 
Eberhard,  Elizabeth 
Eberhard,  Henry  W.  F. 
Eberhard,   Henrietta    . . . 

Eck,  Nathaniel   

Elsinger,  Mary  R 

Elsinger,  Geo.  W 

Ebelhauser,  Paul  Philip 

Ehret,    Jacob    

Ehret,  William    

Ehret,  Elizabeth 

Ehret,  Harrv  H 

Ehret,  Carl  E 

Ehret,  Catharine  C 

Ehret,  Elmira  C 

Ehret,  Geo.  F 

Ehret,  Wallace  A.  J. 

Ehret,  Grover  C 

Ehret,  Oliver  J.  E 

Ehret,  Peter   

Ehret,  Mary  A 

Ehret,  Jacob   

Ehret,  Caroline   

Ehret,  Alfred  T 


Sept. 

Nov. 
Nov. 
Sept. 


Mar. 
Aug. 
Dec. 
Feb. 
July 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Sept. 

Feb. 

Apr. 

Oct. 

Jan. 

Mar. 

Feb. 


15, 1846 
17, 1850 
20, 1873 
21,1881 
1884 
1886 
24, 1823 
31, 1892 

1,  1879 
6,1881 

27, 1883 

28, 1853 
9,  1873 
27,  1845 
20, 1808 
29,  1800 

2,  1812 
7,  1813 
5, 18  " 

16, 1828 


Dec. 
Nov. 
Mar. 
June 


Aug. 

Feb. 

Sept. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Sept. 

Dec. 

Sept. 

Jan. 

Feb. 

Oct. 

Aug. 

Apr. 


£ 

Jan. 

July 

July 

Feb. 

Nov. 

Sept. 

Dec. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Oct. 

Aug. 

Sept. 


Aug. 

July 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Apr. 

Tune 

Oct. 

Oct. 


Aug. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Dec. 

Apr. 

Sept. 

Dec. 


4,  1805 

1, 1808 

23, 1802 

21,  1830 

30, 1830 

26,  1862 

14, 1875 

1898 

10, 1908 

30,  1792 

10, 1822 

5, 1821 

30, 1851;  Aug. 

1845 

1848 

1859 

9.  1857 

23,  1883 

16,  1" 


Apr. 
Jan. 
Apr. 
Feb. 


Nov. 

Jan. 

Feb. 


17, 1854  Dec. 


24,  1820 

14, 1831 

10, 1816 

23, 1822 

1868 


May 
Apr. 
May 
June 


2, 1003 

1,  1902 

16, 1892 

22,  1900 

1884 

189 1 

16, 1900 

23. 1895 

26,  1899 

27. 1896 

22,  1884 

27,  1895 

2, IQOI 
12,  1875 
27, 1899 

7,  1854 

18, 1848 
25, 1910 

23,  l£ 
28, 1907 

1, 1900 


2 

27 

II 

14 

3 

26 

9 

1 

4 

22 

9 

5 

11 

27 

10 

4 

25, I880I75 

I,  I90II92 
24, 1876  73 

27,1903173 

17, 1896I65 

1, 1907  44 

4, 19101 

1890I 


23, 1910 
5,  1867 
3,1889 
i,i895 

30,  1885 
1852 
1852 
1866 

2,  1909 

21,  l8" 
2,l8 

31,  I908 
20,l8 
30,  1910 
23, 1869 
15, 1854 

18" 


52 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


Name. 

Fatzinger,  Heinrich    

Fatzinger,  Charles   

Fatzinger,   Carolina    

Fatzinger,  Mary  A 

Fatzinger,  Ida  V 

Fatzinger,  Oswald   

Fatzinger,  Catharine  (wife  of 
Jacob)     

Falkstick,  John    

Falkstick,  Eliza  

Falkstick,  Paul  S 

Flores,   Reuben    

Flores,  Carolina  

Flores,  Joseph   

Flores,  Hannah   

Flores,  Lorinda  M.  A 

Flores,  Levin  H 

Flores,  Templeton   

Flores,  Maria  C 

Flores,    Samuel    

Flores,  Ella  S 

Flores,  Alfred  T 

Flores,  Carl  W 

Flores,  Howard  A 

Flores,  Charles  R 

Flores,  Floyd  T 

Flores,  Harry  J 

Flores,  Franklin  A 

Flores,   Harry  L 

Flores,  Helen  M 

Fatzinger,  Ophelia  C 

Fegley,  Harvey  G 

Fegley,  Helen  M 

Fegley,  Bertie  G 

Focht,    Sadie    

Foulk,  Jennie   

Foulke,   Franklin   W 

Foulke,  Sarah  E 

Foulke,  William  M 

Foulke,  Edwin  H 

Foulke,  Alfred  J.  F 

Fenckel,  John  G 

Fenckel,  John  T 

Frankenfield,  Gertrude  H.  . . 

Ford,  Peter  S 

Ford,  Jane  A 

Frey,  Heinrich  (married  Eliz- 
abeth  Rader) 

Frey,  Conrad   

Frey,  Sarah   (nee  Stump)    . . 

Frey,  Henry  

Frey,  Isabella  

Frey,   Rebecca   


Birth. 


Death. 


Age. 


vr 

m 

ds 

Mar.  19,  1792 

Aug. 

30, 1870 

78 

5 

11 

Aug.  10,  1809 

Mar. 

31,  1886 

76 

7 

21 

Dec.  16,  1820 

July 

4,  1873 

52 

6 

18 

Dec. 

4,  1858 

20 

Sept. 

16,  1858 

3 

4 

6 

Feb.   s,  i860 

Feb.  16, 1783 

Oct. 

16,  1873 

QO 

8 

Mar.   4,  1844 

Sept. 

21,  1883 

30 

6 

17 

Jan.  11,1848 

Nov. 

23,  1906 

58 

10 

12 

Oct.  15,  1900 

May 

16,  191 1 

II 

7 

1 

Feb.   8, 1822 

Nov. 

9,1884 

62 

Q 

10 

Sept.  5, 1828 

Aug. 

17,  1906 

77 

11 

12 

May  15,  1824 

Mar. 

17, i89S 

Jan.   6,  1829 

Nov. 

27,  1896 

July  12, 1877 

Jan. 

13, 1872 

Sept.  22, 1875 

Nov. 

24,  1879 

Dec.  27,  1876 

Mar. 

29,  1895 

18 

3 

2 

July  13, 1859 

Feb. 

14, 1907 

47 

7 

1 

Jan.  18,  1851 

Sept. 

8,  185 1 

1884 

1889 

1884 

1884 

May  12,  1905 

Nov. 

18,  1906 

Aug.  11,1884 

Nov. 

3, 1888 

4 

2 

-'3 

Aug.  13,1874 

Feb. 

3,1888 

Oct.  11,1890 

Aug. 

22, 1891 

10 

11 

Sept.  8, 1892 

Dec 

20,  1892 

3 

12 

Sept.  10, 1856 

July 

11, 1895 

38 

10 

5 

Aug.  25, 1870 

Jan. 

19,  1880 

May  25, 1881 

June 

3. 1891 

Apr.   3, 1909 

May 

26, 1909 

Jan.  31, 1879 

Feb. 

17, 1879 

Aug.  25, 1879 

Apr. 

14, 1901 

21 

7 

10 

Mar.  8, 1839 

Sept. 

2,1901 

(12 

5 

-25 

Apr.  14,  1843 

Aug. 

22, 1889 

46 

4 

8 

Feb.   3,  1867 

Sept. 

20,1903 

Jan.   3,  1869 

Mar. 

31,  1890 

21 

2 

10 

Apr.   9,  1871 

Oct. 

7, 1898 

27 

5 

28 

Oct.  11,1821 

Feb. 

21,1910 

Mar.  5,  1867 

July 

29, 1877 

1883 

1883 

May  21,  1839 

Tune 

5.  191 1 

72 

I 

14 

Sept.  4, 1849 

Sept. 

23, 1910 

6l 

n) 

Sept.  7,  1779 

Apr. 

4,  1857 

77 

6 

^ 

May   1, 1807 

June 

25, 1885 

7* 

1 

24 

Apr.   3,  1807 

Apr. 

4,  1859 

Aug.  22,  1822 

Apr. 

22, 1902 

70 

11 

Mar.  13,  1824 

May 

18,  1908 

84 

2 

5 

Feb.   8,  1820 

'Feb. 

5, 1875 

54 

11 

27 

INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


53 


Name. 

Frey,  Edwin  (infant) 

Frey,  John  G 

Frey,  May  A 

Frey,  John   

Frey,  Sarah  A 

Frey,  Joseph  P 

Fretz,   Caroline    

Frovel,  Jones   

Frovel,  Sarah  

Frick,   Ella  E 

Fritz,  Sarah  H , 

Frank   Mildred    


Birth. 


Death. 


Age. 


Mar.  24, 

Oct.  3 

June  28, 

Sept.  II, 

Mar.  11, 

Apr.  26, 

June  3 

Dec.  I2: 


1818 
1824 
1859 
1824 
1859 
1831 
1836 
1827 
1857 

1906 


Aug. 
July 
Mar. 
Apr. 
Mar. 
Sept. 
Apr. 
Apr. 


23,  1 
9, 1902 
8, 1909 
8, 1889 

11, 1896 

18,  1908 
17, 1904 

19,  1896 
1861 


1907 


yr 

m 

71 

4 

77 

9 

40 

8 

64 

6 

3i 

68 

3 

78 

1 

1 

4 

Gangaway,  Annie  M 

Gangaway,  Gertrude    

Goerlich,  Anna  

Goerlich,  Edward   

Gehris,   Priscilla    

Gemert,  Amanda  H 

Graver,  William  H 

Graver,  William  Penn    

Groman,   Kermit  L 

Ginklinger,  C.  Herman   

Ginklinger,  Maria  A 

Ginklinger,  Elsie   

Gotz,  Catharine  (wife  of  Jo- 
seph)     

Gross,  August   

Gross,  Fredericka  (wife)   . . . 
Gross,  John  B 


Harris,  Irene  J 

Harris,  Hilda  I 

Hausman,  Raymond  H. 

Hauser,  Joseph  R 

Haney,  Samuel  J 

Haney,  Minnie  R 

Haney,  Grace  A 

Hellerich,  Robert  A.   . . . 

Hehn,  J.  D 

Herter,  Anna  C 

Hoehle,   Rosina   

Hoehle,  Florentine    

Hoehle,  Sarah    

Hoehle,  William  S 

Hoehle,  Cecilia  

Hoehle,  Alfred  P 

Hoehle,  Jeremiah  G.   . . . 
Hoehle,  Montana  R. 

Hoehle,  Helen  J 

Hoehle,  Elmer  J 


Jan. 

May 

Aug. 

May 

Feb. 

Aug. 

Mar. 

Feb. 

July 

Nov. 

Mar. 

Nov. 


3,  1893 
13, 1894 
12,  1827 
26, 1822 

1, 1846 
31, 1868 
17, 1842 

6, 1886 

21, 1901 

10,  1829 

31,  1831 

11, 1891 


Dec.  13,  1802 

June  21,  1829 

Aug.  26,  1846 

May  25, 1833 


H 

Mar. 

Oct. 

Sept. 

Dec. 

Apr. 

Jan. 


23, 1906 
7, 1891 
30,  1 89 1 
20,  1856 
27,  1884 
12,  1880 


Dec.  26,  1892 


Apr. 
Mar. 
Feb. 
June 
Dec. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
June 
July 


30, 1817 
5,  1780 

24,  1809 
26,  1800 

15, 1833 

4,  1821 

12, 1845 

3i,  1849 

25,  1859 
11,1857 
26, 1867 


Jan. 

Nov. 
Apr. 
July 
May 
Aug. 
Mar. 
Sept. 
May 
July 
Feb. 
Nov. 

Apr. 
Sept. 
June 
May 


Aug. 

Dec. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

June 

Feb. 

Feb. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Feb. 

May 

Jan. 

Aug. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

May 

Dec. 


6i|ii 

22 1  7 


1,  1893 
23, 1896 

6, 1899 

9, 1895 
13, 1891 
29, 1886 
13, 1904 
28,  1908 

1,  1912 
19, 1890I60I  8 
20, 1904  72]  11 
18, 1895 1  41 

I  I 
22, 1864I61  4 
10,  1893  64 1  2 
25, 1893I46  9 
1,  1889 1 


10, 1907 

8,  1910 

19 

2 

28,  1895 

18,  i860 

3 

9 

25, 1884 

14, 1895 

25, 1912 

19 

1 

8,  1894 

77 

6 

19,  1861 

75 

9 

5, 1889 

7Q 

1 1 

26, 1 89 1 

8l 

8 

4.  1910 

78 

2,  1854 

33 

5 

6,  185 1 

7 

10 

12, 1852 

2 

11 

16, 1893 

14, 1902 

12, 1876 

54 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


Name. 

Hoehle,  Mary  F 

Hoehle,  Flora  A.  . . . 
Hoehle,  Templeton  J. 
Hoehle,  Alfred  T.    .. 

Hower,  Johann   

Hower,  Dorededa  . . . 

Horn,  James  S 

Horn,  Mamie  M.    ... 

Horn,  Morris  T 

Howard,  George  A.  . 
Hoxworth,  Mildred  . 
Hinkel,  Agnes  L.   ... 

Hinkle,  Mary  J 

Hinkel,  John   

Hinkel,  Mary  Ann  . . 
Hilbert,  Benneville  . . 
Hervy  or  Henry  .... 

Heney 
Huber,  Charles  C.    .. 

Huber,  Rosa  

Huebner,  William  R. 

Hucke,  Adam    

Huth,  Jennie  C 


Birth. 


Death. 


Age. 


Jan. 

25. 

1876 

Dec. 

16 

Aug. 

25, 

1882 

Mar. 

17 

Aug. 

21, 

1872 

Aug. 

21 

June 

20, 

1876 

luly 

17 

July 

4, 

1794 

Feb. 

IS. 

June 

9, 

1797 
1884 

June 

6, 

Sept. 

12, 

1879 

May 

3 

Tan. 

30, 

1882 

Jan. 

22 

Feb. 

27, 

1856 

Feb. 

9 

Apr. 

17, 

1850 

May 

21 

Apr. 

26, 

1876 

Oct. 

20 

Apr. 

23. 

1822 

Feb. 

16 

July 

13, 

1827 

Dec. 

21 

Nov. 

18, 

1829 

Feb. 

23 

Apr. 

IS. 

1793 

June 

5 

Dec. 

25, 

1867 

Oct. 

28 

Feb. 

7, 

1874 

Aug. 

24 

Nov.     9, 


Johnson,  Laura  M. 


J 

I  Aug. 


1835 
1892 


May      31, 


1876 
1902 

1875 
1880 
1886 
1879 
1885 
1905 
1892 
1899 

1898 
1883 
1900 
1891 
1911 

1854 
1911 
1910 

1906 
1892 


yr 

m 

19 

6 

4 

I 

4 

01 
8l 

7 
11 

9 

11 

4-3 

11 

48 

1 

77 
64 

9 
5 

61 

1 

43 
36 

10 
6 

70 

6 

14,  1863  Sept. 


Kaiser,   John    

Kelchner,   Peter   

Kelchner,     Margaret      (wife 

nee   Meyer)    

Kleppinger,  C.  C 

Kleppinger,  Lizzie  J 

Kleppinger,  Gertrude  M.   . . . 

Klopp,  Mabel  M 

Keple,  Mabel  E 

Knauss,    Samuel    

Knauss,    Elizabeth    

Koenig,  Frederick  C 

Koenig,  Walter  F 

Koerner,  Mary  M 

Koch,   Anthony   

Koch,  Susan   (wife)    

Kreamser,  John  T 

Kuhns,   Claude  A.   S 

Kurtz,  Alice  E 

Kurtz,  Walter  I 

Kurtz,  Charles  C 

Kurtz,   Harry  J 

Kurtz,  Mabel  I 

Kurtz,  Edwin  R 

Kratzer,  Charles   


K 

Feb. 
Aug. 

Nov. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Apr. 

Mar. 

Dec. 

May 

Apr. 

Oct. 

Feb. 

June 

July 

Nov. 

Feb. 


Jan. 


24, 1826 
4, 1772 

28,  1778 

29,  1879 

15, 1894 

30,  1893 

7,  1802 

19, 1802 

3i,  1854 

17, 1909 

6, 1810 

6, 1794 

20, 1799 

5, 1821 

26, 1878 

1, 1882 

8, 1901 


1896 
28, 1804 


June 
July 

Dec. 

June 
Oct. 

Jan. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

Nov. 

May 

Jan. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Mar. 

Nov. 

Feb. 

Aug. 


Tulv 
Oct. 


3,  if 

21,  i{ 

13, 1844 
14, 1899 
16,  1895 

7, 1899 

29,  1868 

2,  1875 

15,1910 

9,  1910 

5,  1900 

27,  1863 

9, 1866 

19, 1853 

11, 1903 

27, 1905 

23,  1909 

1905 

1909 

1896 

16, 1804 

21, 1880 


56 

3 

75 

11 

67 

13 

8 

5 

65 

11 

72 

10 

6q 

0 

60 

28 

9 

-'5 

3 

22 

3 

8 

2 

76 

8 

17 


20 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


55 


Name. 

Kratzer,  Maria  

Kratzer,  David  

Kratzer,  Martha  R 

Kratzer,  Emma  S 

Kratzer,  Sarah  A 

Kratzer,  Polly   

Keiper,  Daniel  

Keiper,   Samuel   

Keiper,  Sybilla   

Keiper,  Maria  C 

Knoll,  George    

Knoll,  Matilda  

Knoll,  John    

Knoll,  Louisa  

Knoll,  Benjamin  F 

Knoll,  George  H 

Knoll,  Matilda  

Knoll,   George    

Knoll,  Alfred  J.  J 

Knoll,  George  A 

Knoll,   Lizzie   C 

Knoll,   Alfred   P 

Knoll,  Katie  L 

Knoll,  Ruth   S 

Knoll,  Evelyn  M 

Knoll,  Henrietta  S 

Knodle,  Jacob    

Kreis,    Joseph    

Kreis,  John    

Kreiss,  Edwin    

Kreiss,   George    

Kreiss,  Sarah  J 

Kreis,   Appolonia    

Kreiss,  Katie    

Kreiss,   Baby    

Keichline,   Joseph    

Keichline,  Harvey  D.  P.   . 

Keichline,   Diana    

Keichline,  Marcus  H.   

Keichline,  Morris  R , 

Kemmett,  Emmalinda  K. 

Kern,  S.  Floy    

Knodel,  Jacob    

Kuhlman,    Fritz    

Kuhns,  Bessie  M.  (infant) 
Kuhns,  Daisy  S.   (infant) 


Birth. 


Death. 


Age. 


May 

Dec. 

July 

May 

Oct. 

Mar. 

Mar. 

Nov. 

Sept. 

Jan. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Feb. 

Nov. 

May 
Nov. 
Oct. 
Dec. 
Feb. 
Jan. 
Jan. 


Feb. 

Dec. 

Feb. 

May 

Nov. 

Jan. 

Oct. 

Mar. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Mar. 

Oct. 

Sept. 

Dec. 


Jan. 


23, 

1811 

20, 

183Q 

17. 

1865 

21, 

1880 

6, 

1822 

9, 

1804 

17, 

1791 

5, 

1817 

21, 

1823 

7. 

1784 

27, 

1836 

30, 

1842 

24. 

1809 

26. 

1814 

24, 

1834 

3, 

1835 

27, 

1836 

4. 

1866 

27, 

1872 

12, 

1866 

30, 

1873 

9, 

1876 

1905 

1905 

^7, 

1850 

21, 

1840 

17, 

187.S 

17. 

1869 

20, 

1863 

7, 

i860 

12, 

1866 

4, 

1832 

25, 

1872 

2, 

1902 

27, 

1816 

17, 

1840 

12, 

1862 

1908 

16 

1836 

5, 

1866 

Oct. 
Apr. 

Dec. 
Oct. 
Jan. 
July 

Nov. 

Nov. 

Feb. 

Jan. 

Mar. 

Sept. 

May 

Apr. 

May 


19,  1886 
15, 1906 

20,  1887 
2, 1899 

12, 1892 

17, 1862 

5,  1903 

26,  1900 
2, 1870 
7,  1900 

16,  1903 
19,  1886 

27,  1889 

28,  1872 
2, 1800 


Jan. 

7,  1900 

May 

23, 1870 

Oct. 

29, 187s 

Mar. 

29, 1876 

Apr, 

7, 1876 

Mar. 

5,1888 

1906 

June 

23, 1908 

Mar. 

16, 1912 

Aug. 

25, 1895 

Jan. 

13, 1877 

May 

22,  1912 

Apr. 

29, 1907 

Dec. 

16,  1903 

Mar. 

4,  1903 

Sept. 

28,  1909 

Apr. 

17,  1872 

Feb. 

26,  1877 

Mar. 

19,  1864 

1908 

July 

5. 1875 

Aug. 

16,  1892 

Sept.     29,  li 


58 


38 


mlds 


22 
25 

29 

26 

3 

25 

5 

25 
10 
16 

25 
1 

4 

10 

10 

19 

2 


26 


Laubach,     Joseph     (son     of 

Leonard)     Mar.  22,1798 

Laubach,  Mary    Mar.  19,  1809 

Laubach,  Julian Oct.  18,1776 

Laubach,  Freeman  T June  4,  i860 

Laubach,   Leonard    J  Apr.  10, 1776 


June  20,  1866)68 

Mar.  31,  1869I60I 

June  20,  1866I89I  8 

Sept.  23, 1866J 
Nov.       1,  1855  j  79|  6 


56 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


Name. 

Laubach,  Johannes 
Laffitte,   Mamenette 
Layton,  Benjamin    . 
Leonhardt,  Morris   . 
Leonhardt,   Mary    . . 
Lievenhower,  John 
Lievenhower,  Louis 
Laub,   Mabel   S. 
Lerch,  Mildred  M.  . 


Birth. 


Jan.       i,  1807 


July 

May 

Aug. 

Jan. 

May 

Nov. 

July 

M 


Maurer,  Charles   

Maurer,  Edwin  V 

Mack,    Emma    

Marsh,  William    

Marsh,  Frederick   

Martz,  William  E 

Marquard,  Fred  E 

Mattis,  Paul  W 

McHose,   Isaac    

McHose,    Elizabeth    .... 

McHose,  Owen   

McHose,    William    

McHose,    Sarah    C 

Mesor,   Leonard    

Mesor,    Christinna    

Mellon,    Richard    

Mellon,    Luzetta    

Mellon,  Oscar  O 

Menges,  Sadie  E 

Miller,   Peter    

Miller,  Isador  F 

Miller,    Milton   A 

Miller,  Helen   

Miller,   Josiah    

Miller,  Angelina   

Miller,  Laura  

Miller,  Harry   

Miller,  Floyd  E 

Miller,  Florence  M 

Miller,  Emily  I 

Miller,  Glayds  M 

Mill,  Bessie  A 

Minnich,   Peter    

Minnich,  Magdalena    ... 

Minnich,  Abraham 

Minnich,  Dianna  

Minnich,  Maria  Laura   . 

Minnich,  Alfred  A 

Minnich,  Alfred  D 

Minnich,    Mantana    S.    (wife 

Daniel     T.)     

Minnich,  Thomas   H.    . . 
Minnich,   Elmer  T 


7,  1854 

19,  1835 
17, 1844 
21,  1804 
10,  1839 

20,  1886 
20,  1904 


Nov. 
Apr. 

Nov. 
July 
Sept. 
Feb. 
May 
Jan. 

Nov. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Dec. 


Mar. 

Oct. 

Feb. 

Nov. 

July 

Mar. 

May 

Oct. 


Aug. 
June 

May 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Feb. 
Aug. 
Dec. 
Jan. 

Feb. 
Jan. 


Death. 


May       1, 1836 


Age. 


ds 


Jan.  20,  1856    1    6  23 

Nov.  19,  1905 

Living. 

Mar.  14,  1879I75I   1I28 

Oct.  10, 1899I59I  5 

May  15,  1889I     I 

June  18,  1911 1  6|  10)28 


16,  1842 
11,  1885 

8, 1845 
19,  1892 

27,  1783 
6, 1791 
5, 1825 

21. 1828 

6, 1820 
15, 1824 

19. 1829 

31, 1833 
1858 

29, 1835 

9, 1865 

9, 1865 

16, 1907 

17, 1817 

3. 1831 

19,  i874 

30, 1870 

1894 

1896 

9,  1907 

18,  1909 

17, 1776 
10, 1778 
13. 1819 
15, 1828 
8, 1855 
21, 1862 
21, 1874 

13, 1852 

12, 1852 

1888 


Aug. 

Oct. 

June 

May 

Dec. 

Apr. 

Jan. 

Feb. 

Sept. 

Aug. 

Mar. 
May 
July 
May 

June 

Oct. 

Aug. 

Oct. 

Apr. 

Feb. 

Sept. 

Dec. 

Aug. 


Nov. 
Aug. 

Nov. 

Apr. 

July 

Jan. 

May 

July 

May 

June 
Jan. 


12, 1855 

15. 1909 
25, 1902 
20,  1849 

22,  1896 
9, 1901 

15, 1861 
23, 1853 
26,  1896 
30, 1904 

I,l8 

17. 1910 
10, 1873 

6,  IQOO 

1861 

6, 1898 
18,  1882 
25, 1876 

5, 1901 
24,15 

29,  i£ 
26,  i£ . 
25, 1894 

30,  l£ 

26, 1907 
22, 1910 

i,ri 

5, 1859 

4, 1901 

19, 1907 

17, i860 

23,  1870 
3, 1876 


77 

3 

02 

7i 

4 

76 

7 

64 

3 

86 

3 

^4 

4 

66 

4 

I 

11 

47 

6 

10 

10 

40 

7 

as 

7 

75 

6 

20 

7 

9 

10 

73 

5 

80 

5 

81 

7 

78 

11 

4 

9 

7 

7 

2 

9 

I 

29 
14 

9 

18 

17 

21 
18 

~75 
2 

21 
5 

17 

19 
16 
26 

12 
23 


27, 1901 

40|  4 

3,1911 

58|  6 

1888 

1 

INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


57 


Name. 

Minnich,  Hazel  Z 

Moyer,  Henry  J 

Moyer,    Fietta    

Moyer,  Eliza  H 

Moyer,  Dr.  Alfred  Z 

Moyer,  Mary  J 

Moyer,  Walter  F , 

Moyer,   William   H 

Moyer,   Lillie   D , 

Moyer,  Harry  F 

Moyer,  Robert  H , 

Moyer,  Wilson  F , 

Moyer,   Asher    

Moyer,  Ellen  N 

Moyer,  Jennie  M 

Moyer,  Sarah  A 

Moyer,  Asher  E.  W 

Moyer,  Adeline  C 

Moyer,  Charles  P 

Moyer,  William  M 

Moyer,   Harvey  J 

Moyer,  Oscar  C 

Moyer,  Alfred  W 

Moll,   Joseph    

Moll,  Alfred  P 

Moll,  John  O 

Moll,   Charles    

Moll,   Anna   Maria    

Moll,  Welcome  C 

Moll,  Irvin  F 

Moll,  Laura  H 

Moll,  Eliza  J 

Mock,  Emeline    

Mosser,   Edwin    

Mosser,  Rebecca  

Mosser,  Annie  S.  E 

Mosser,  Mary  G 

Mosser,  Helen  J 

Mosser,  Margaret  V 

Mosser,  Clarence  A 

Mosser,  Diana  Maria  

Mosser,  Paul   

Mosser,  John   

Mosser,  Adeline   

Mosser,  George  M.  T 

Mosser,  Diana  K 

Mosser,  Queen  M 

Mosser,  Michael  H 

Mosser,  Israel   

Mosser,  John  

Mertz,   Charles    

Mertz,  Tilghman  H 

Mertz,  Eliza   (wife  of  Chas. 

H.)     

Mill,  Sarah  A.  R 


Birth. 


Death. 


Age. 

yr|m 


1904 

1 90S 

Dec.  13, 1827 

July 

3,i899 

7i 

6 

12 

Feb.  25, 1832 

Aug. 

9,  1865 

33 

S 

14 

Sept.  19, 1845 

Sept. 

12,  1907 

61 

11 

23 

Apr.  18,  1862 

Aug. 

6,1891 

2Q 

3 

20 

1850 

1862 

1851 

1854 

1858 

1864 

i860 

1862 

1866 

1876 

1872 

1877 

1873 

1877 

1875 

1875 

1884 

1887 

July  23, 1889 

June 

5- 1897 

7 

10 

n 

1879 

1884 

1887 

1893 

Feb.   6, 1846 

July 

7, 1912 

Sept.  18, 1843 

Feb. 

25, 1877 

33 

S 

8 

Apr.  20, 1870 

Nov. 

7, 1870 

Aug.  8, 1882 

Sept. 

19, 1903 

21 

1 

11 

1881 

1882 

Sept.  17,1858 

Apr. 

17, 1907 

Dec.   1, 1824 

Feb. 

11, 1866 

43 

2 

TO 

Dec.   4, 1864 

Mar. 

13, 1870 

Aug.   1, 1846 

Oct. 

11, 1865 

iq 

2 

13 

Jan.  27, 1812 

Feb. 

26, 1885 

73 

20 

July   3, 1812 

May 

3, 1877 

64 

10 

Mar.  18,  1869 

Nov. 

25, 1870 

July   3, 1883 

Aug. 

9,1884 

Mar.  23, 1888 

Jan. 

12, 1889 

Nov.   1, 1848 

July 

31,  1848 

May 

13, 1849 

I 

Apr.  23, 1830 

Jan. 

4, 1887 

tf 

8 

IT 

Aug.  19, 1827 

Sept. 

21,  1899 

72 

5 

I 

Apr.  20, 1868 

Apr. 

23,  1869 

May 

8, 1893 

s 

7 

20 

May 

IS,  1893 

3 

5 

17 

Feb. 

24, 1903 

4 

4 

Jan. 

12, 1904 

11 

June  29, 1835 

May 

29, 1865 

20 

11 

Mar.  11,1800 

May 

4.  1876 

76 

1 

23 

May 

27,  1835 

.33 

I 

Apr. 

6,  1896 

13 

TO 

IS 

Oct.  19, 1850 

Apr. 

4, 1899 

48 

S 

15 

1854 

1855I 

1829 

1862 1 

May  22, 1819 

May 

I 
13, 1861 

41 

Q 

21 

Feb.  23, 1857 

June 

7,  1910 

53 

3 

II 

Sept.  18,  1822 

Mar.  31,  1845 

Mar. 

2,  1877I 

31 

11 

I 

ds 


58 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


Name. 
Mill,  Sarah  E. 


Birth. 


Death. 


Nagel,  Alvin  S.    

Nagel,  Ida  H 

Nagel,  Minnie  A. 
Nagel,  Robert  B.    . . 

Nagel,  Mella  C 

Nagel,  Oliver,   

Nagel,  Richard  F.  . 
Nicholas,  Henry  W. 
Nippert,  Clarence  J. 


Osenbach,  J.   Peter   

Osenbach,  Catharine   . . 

Osenbach,   Charles    

Osenbach,  Hannah   

Osenbach,    Alfred   C.    . 
Osenbach,    Monroe    . . . 

Osenbach,   Clinton    

Osenbach,   Franklin   H. 

Ott,   George    

Ott,  Catharine  E 

Opp,  William  H 

Opp,  George  V 


N 


1877 


Sept. 

2, 1848 

Jan. 

June 

19, 1904 

Mar. 

Dec. 

16, 1836 

Sept. 

Aug. 

31, 1846 

Nov. 

Oct. 

25, 1872 

Aug. 

Aug. 

28, 1899 

Dec. 

O 

Feb. 

4, 1784 

Oct. 

Sept. 

11, 1783 

Jan. 

Aug. 

28, 1818 

Sept. 

Nov. 

18, 1828 

June 

Tulv 

28, 1847 

Oct. 

Sept. 

14, 18631 

June 

Mar. 

24, 1875 

Jan. 

Jan. 

31,  1879 

Feb. 

Dec. 

1, 1819 

Oct. 

Nov. 

3,  1851 

Feb. 

Oct. 

12, 1845 

Aug. 

July 

1, 1847 

Apr. 

I877I 


16, 1890 

2,  1906 


6, 1892 
27, 191 1 
30, 1877 
13, 1903 


12,  1873 

23> 1873 
3, 1891 

27, 1902 
5, 1906 
6, 1886 
6, 1879 
5,  1904 

n,  1 

17, 1902 

11. 1847 

28. 1848 


Age. 

|yr|m|ds 


41 

4 

55 

8 

9 

3 

Sq 

8 

89 

4 

73 

77 

7 

59 

2 

22 

8 

25 

63 

10 

14 


20 


15 


Patterson,  Paul  A.  . . 
Patterson,  Priscilla  M. 
Patterson,  Sallie  R.  . 
Peiffer,  Isabella  T.  .. 
Poe,  Calvin  E 


Dec.    31, 1855 
May      4, 1904 


Feb. 
Jan. 


1896 
1903 

17, 1877 
24, 1905 


21 


i|i6 
I 


Quier,  Manassas  . 
Quier,  William  A. 
Quier,  Sarah  J.  . . 
Quier,  George  W. 
Quier,  A.  L.  M.  . 
Quier,  Amanda  S. 


Jan. 

Aug. 

Apr. 

Jan. 

Tan. 

Mar. 


18,1811 
20,  1845 
11, 1850 
28,  1870 
19,  1873 
8, 1847 


July 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Feb 
July 
Dec. 


8, 1846I35 

27, 1851I  6 

1,1851 1  1 

5 
4 

7 

19, 1901I31 
21,  1890 
2,18511  4 

8 

Reichard,  John  George   .... 

Reichard,  J.  Frank    

Reichard,  Leah    

Reichard,  J.   William    

Reichard,    Edmond    

Reichard,  Adline  

Reichard,  Elizabeth    (wife  J. 
William)     


Mar. 
Aug. 
May 
Sept. 

Nov. 
Nov. 


25,  1782 
22, 1823 
19, 1813 
7, 1826 
22, 1835 
16, 1841 


May  15, 1831 


Feb. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Oct. 
Dec. 
Mar. 


2, 1858 1 75 
27,  1886I63 
15,  1865I52 
24,  1 890 1 64 
44,  1906J 

7, 1889I 


Nov.  30, 1900I69 


15 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


59 


Name. 

Reichard,  Fianna  L, 

Reichard,  Alice  E 

Reichard,  G.   Tilghman    .... 
Reichard,   Amelia  P.    (wife) 

Reichard,  Clayton  C 

Reichard,  John  R 

Reichard,    Mary    (living)     .. 

Reichard,    Flora   M 

Reichard,  Wallace  A 

Reinhard,  Chester  A 

Reichelderfer,    Thomas 

Renner,  Mary    

Reed,  James  W 

Respher,  Baby   

Resphuhn,   Christiana    

Remaly,  Allen  F 

Remaly,   Roy  W 

Remaly,  Minnie  R 

Rinker,   Angelina    

Rinker,   Catharine  E 

Rinker,   Joseph    

Rinker,    Catharine    

Royer,  Jane    

Rdder,   Elizabeth    

Roller,  John   

Roller,  John  F 

Roller,  M.  Alice   

Roebock,  Culia 

Roebock,  Clara   

Roth,    Henry    

Roth,  Esther   

Roth,  Robert  E.  P 

Roth,  James  H 

Roth,   Helen   I 

Roth,  Sylvanus  O 

Roth,  Edwin  H 

Roth,   Stella    

Roth,    Susan    

Roth,  Annie  E 

Roth,  Alavesta   

Ritter,  Michael    , 

Ritter,   Margaret    

Ritter,   Susan   

Ritter,  William    

Ritter,  Susan    , 

Ritter,    Charles    

Ritter,  Diana   

Ritter,  Thomas    , 

Ritter,    Anna   M 

Ritter,  Milton  C 

Ritter,  Agnes  M 

Ritter,  Oliver  C 

Ritter,  Charles  

Ritter,  Willard    

Ritter,  Susan    


Birth. 


Death. 


Age. 


July 

Dec. 

Aug. 

Dec. 

June 

May 

Nov. 

Aug. 

Sept. 

June 

Aug. 

July 


Feb. 
July 


Nov. 

Apr. 

June 

June 

May 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Feb. 

July 

July 

Apr. 

Apr. 

Oct. 

May 


20,  1864]  Sept. 
5, 1866  Aug. 


Dec. 
Sept. 

Nov. 

Mar. 

Oct. 

Apr. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Oct. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Tune 

May 

Oct. 

June 

July 

June 

Oct. 

July 

Dec. 


25,  1830 

24,  183^ 

7,  1868 

3. i834 

29,  1839 

21, 1869 

25, 1867 

14,  1890 

4, 1858 

18,  1856 

1866 

24, 1824 

20, 1888 

1890 

1893 

16,  1832 

8, 1846 

21, 1821 
21, 1809 
II, 1883 

10, 1779 
5, 1825 

22. 1857 

13. 1858 
24, 1868 
26, 1893 

13. 1821 
12, 1817 
18, 1882 

6, 1867 

28,  1877 
IS, 1900 

1, 1850 
29, 1873 
27, 1843 
18,  1782 

26. 1805 
10, 1796 
12, 1825 
15, 1827 

12. 1806 
16, 1806 

9, 1808 
29, 1802 
27, i8S7 
IS, 1879 

1, 1861 

25, 1830 

24. 1822 
IS,  1827 


Oct. 
June 
Sept. 
Dec. 

Aug. 
Oct. 
\ug. 
Dec. 
Mar. 


May 
Oct. 


July 

Mar. 

May 

May 

Sept. 

Mar. 

June 

Apr. 

Jan. 

Aug. 

Mar. 

May 

Jan. 

Dec. 

Feb. 

Mar. 
Dec. 

July 

Sept. 

Mar. 

Mar. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

June 

Mar. 

Apr. 

Sept. 

Nov. 

Aug. 

July 

Dec. 

Aug. 

Feb 

Oct. 

Mar. 


22,  1864 
19,  1867 
29,  191 1 
22,  1868 
17,  1868 
21, 1907 


17, 1889J19 
14, 1887 
28,  1 89 1 
18, 1907 
14, 1890 
1876 


yr 


33 


ds 


27 
IS 


17,  1910I 

7,  i888| 

1891I 

1893 1 

29,  1852I 

27,  1 847 1 
6, 1893 

16, 1893 

19. 1911 
25, 1859 
20, 1905 
10, 1901 

28,  1907 
3, 1893 

13. 1912 
12,  1904 
23, 1891 
17, 1904 
10,  1872 

28,  1879 
23, 190 1 


21, 1878 
14, 1875 
16,  1902 

17, 1854 
11,  1859 
19,  1756 
22,  1 

I7,i 
11,  1 
22,1883157 
27,  1883 1 75 
30,  1881I78 

2,  1910I53 
24.  1893 

8, 1895  !44 
17, 1902I71 
30,  1 874 1 52 
I7,i89i|73 


13 

25 
25 

15 
15 
18 

IS 
9 
17 
29 
11 
29 


20 
14 
10 
29 


3l  2 


6o 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


Name. 


Birth. 


Death. 


Age. 


Ritter,    Edwin    

Mar. 

Ritter,  Rebecca   

Nov 

Ritter,  Annie  R 

Oct 

Ritter,   Franklin    

Sept. 
May 
Feb. 

Ritter,  Fianna  M 

Ritter,   George   A 

Ritter,  Jane   C 

Apr. 
Dec. 

Ritter,   Cammila    

Ritter,  Orlando  J 

Mar. 

Ritter,  Elizabeth   

Dec. 

Ritter,  Sarah  M 

Nov. 

Ritter,  Asher  T 

Sept. 
June 
Apr. 

i 

Ruhe,  Laura  M 

Ruhe,  Harvey  R 

Sauer,  Nerva  A 

s 

Scherer,  Emma  C 

May 
Aug. 

Scherer,  Edwin  E    

July 
Jan. 

Scherer,   Helen  E 

Aug. 

Scherer,  Elizabeth    

Feb. 

Mar. 

Scherer,  Raymond  W 

Schell,  Levenus  

Oct. 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Schell,   Susanna    

Feb 

Schaffer,   Morris   T 

Schaffer,  Mary  E 

Feb. 
Mar. 

Schleider    Ledia   

Sept. 
Feb. 
Oct. 

Feb 

Sept. 

Shireman,  Benjamin  F 

July 
Jan. 
Apr. 
Mar. 

June 

Apr. 
Nov. 

Sept. 
July 
July 
Dec 

Smith,  Mary  R.  E 

Smith    Kenneth  R 

Feb 

Solliday,  Charles   F 

June 

May 
May 
Apr. 

Stehly    Helen  M 

23, 

20, 

9, 
10, 

22, 
17, 

13, 

17 
23 
23. 

26, 

5: 
22. 

19 


1834 
1837 
1869 
1837 
1842 
1869 
1848 
1853 
1863 
l8lQ 
1833 
1835 
1883 

i8qo 


6, 1820 
25, 1869 
20, 1867 

8, 1888 

25. 1889 
25, 1892 
18, 1895 
19, 1900 
13,  1852 

19. 1834 

10. 1835 
20, 1847 

6, 1847 

1895 

24, 1820 

17, 1826 

28, 1 80s 

5, 1880 
29,  1834 

5, 1906 

6, 1845 

9, 1812 
10,  1885 

6, 1840 
1864 

9, 1819 
25, 1894 
25, 1905 
20, 1910 

8, 1906 
17,  i860 
29, 1852 
17, 1856 
11, 1840 

23. 1890 
18, 1867 


Apr. 

Oct. 

Dec. 

Apr. 

May 

Nov. 

Oct. 

May 

July 

Mar. 

Living. 

May      14 

Jan.       21 

Feb.       18 

Jan.         1 


Apr. 
Aug. 
Mar 
Feb.' 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Apr. 
June 
Aug. 
June 
Feb. 
May 
Nov. 

May 

Feb. 

Jan. 

Oct. 

Dec. 

July 

Aug. 

May 

May 

Jan. 

Nov. 

Oct. 

Feb 

Dec. 

July 

July 

Nov. 

Jan. 

Sept. 

Mar. 

Mar. 


1899 
1901 
1876 
1887 
1904 
1888 
1848I 
1853 
1863 1 
1912I 


1 862 1 26 
1910126 
1901I10 
1 903 1 82 


ds 

20 
22 

20 

2 

16 


9 

29 

9 

22 


21,  1892 

7i 

14, 1897 

27 

26,  1895 

16,  1895 

18.  1895 

21, 1895 

25, 1895 

6,  1901 

13, 1903 

?i 

25,  1912 

20, 1012 

10,  1007 

24, 1 909 1 

1904 1 
17. 18681 
16, 18801 

12, 1874 
26, 1902 

9, 1905 
30, 1908 

2. 1905 
29,  1912 
12,  1910 
23, I906 

1865 

20,  1 86 1 

2. 1906 
4, 1908 

13. 1911 
8,  1906 1 
11, 1874 
14, 1910 
7, 1908 
24, 1910 
16, 1908 
15, 


6o|  2 
62 


JO 

iS 
23 

14 
21 

10 

26 


17 

Ti 
10 


5 
6 

27 
8 

23 

27 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


61 


Name. 

Stehly,  William  T.  . . 
Stehly,  Maria  E. 
Stump,  Agnes  M.  . . . 
Stump,  Anjulina  C.  . 
Stump,  Elmira  C.  . . 
Stump,  Anna  Maria 

Stump,  Jacob   

Stump,  Rebecca  

Steffen,  David   

Steffen,  Fayette 

Steffen,  Oliver    

Stover,  Leonard  .... 
Stout,  Christiana  . . . 
Sterner,  Nicholas  . . . 
Sterner,  Elizabeth  . . 
Sterner,   Sarah   Anna 

Sterner,  G.  P. 

Sterner,  Catharine  . . 
Snyder,  Andrew  W. 
Snyder,  Carrie  B.  . . . 
Snyder,  Agnes  S. 
Souders,  Gottlieb  . . . 
Souders,  Sally  Ann  . 
Symons,  James  W.  . 
Symons,  Esther  I.   . . 


Dec. 
Mar. 
Feb. 
Apr. 

Apr. 
Feb. 
July 

May 

Oct. 

Jan. 
Oct. 
Sept. 


Birth. 

21, 1838 
16, 1841 
IS,  1873 

17. 1837 
1851 

16. 1838 
19, 1809 
13. 1813 

15, 1824 
18, 1827 

1,  1797 
2, 1827 


Death. 


Age. 


Mar. 

Mar. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

July 

June 


July 
Jan. 
Dec. 
June 

1,  1836  July 


July 
July 
Mar. 
Apr. 

Jan. 
Apr. 
Oct. 


8, 1803 
12, 1839 

10. 1866 

29. 1867 
17, 1823 

5, 1832 

1894 


Nov. 
Aug.' 
May 
June 
Aug. 
Sept. 


14. 1876 
IS, 1871 
29,  1873 

8, 1849 

1859 

17, 1868 

11. 1877 
1, 1906 


Nov.       6, 1883 


26, 1909 
10,  iS 
23, 1882 
19, 1851 
4,  1854 


mlds 


16,  1873 

1,  1901 
26, 1876 

13, 1876I 8 
27, 1906183 

7, 1872I40 

19021 


Tice,  Monroe  T.  A Apr.  20, 1857 

Tice,  Henry  F 1861 

Tice,  Allen  R 1863 

Tice,  Harvey  P 1869 

Tice,  Mary  A 1873 

Tice,  Robert  A 1880 

Tice,  Cora  M 1883 

Texter,   Catharine   C Sept.  6,  1909 

Thomas,  Joshua  Feb.  20,  1825 

Thomas,   Catharine  E Oct.  15,  1835 

Trexler,  Alexander  W Nov.  11,1850 

Trexler,    Matilda    Feb.  28,  1842 

Trexler,  Margaret    Aug.  13,  1865 

Trexler,  Catharine  M Sept.  9,  1909 

Trexler,  Elsie  M jMar.  1,  1900 

Trumbauer,  L.  S July  9,  1861 

Trumbauer,  E.  C Sept.  12,  1885 


July        8 


Apr. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Mar. 

Feb. 

Feb. 

Apr. 

Feb. 

Mav 

Oct. 


24 


1881 
1861 
1863 
1870 

1 874 1 
i88o| 
1883 I     I 
19, 1910I     I 
27, 1893I 

1,  1891I     I 
21,  1903I52I  4 
27,  1889I46I11 
27, 1886I20    6 
22, 1910I     I  7 
15, 1902I 
15,  IQ09I 
27,  i886| 


Urffer,  James  S 

Urffer,  Mabel  L 

Unverzagt,   Reinhard   . 
TJnverzagt,   Wilhelmina 


u 

July 

Sept. 
May 
Feb. 


4,  1879 

4,  I9°2 

26, 1873 

13, 1870 


Sept. 
July 
July 
Sept. 


1, 1902)23!  1I27 
22, 1904I     I     I 
12, 1912I 

6, 1909I39I  6(19 


62 


INSCRIPTIONS  ON  TOMBSTONES. 


Name. 

Volley,  William 
Volley,  Harvey 
Volley,  Paul  ... 


Birth. 


July 
Jan. 
Mar. 


10,  1899 

2, 1898 

18, 1905 


Death. 

Nov.  18, 1908I 
Nov.  2j,  19081 
Dec.        1,  1908I 


Age. 


yr 


m  ds 


Walter,  Adam    

Walter,  Lucinda   

Walter,  Abraham   

Walter,  Elizabeth  

Walter,  Amelia   

Walter,    Rebecca    

Walter,  August  D 

Walter,  George  W.   . . . 

Walter,  Hettie  M 

Walter,   Bertie  H     

Walter,  Carl  A 

Walter,  James  A 

Walter,  Oliver  W 

Warner,   Emelina   

Welti,   Henry   H 

Weil,  Thomas  P 

Weiser,  George  W 

Werst,   Levi    

Werst,  Robert  S 

Werst,   Richard  I 

Werst,  Andora    

Werst,  Katie  L 

Werst,  Harrison  C 

Werst,   Ralph   H 

Werst,  Clifford  h 

Werst,   Bessie  A 

Wetzell,  James  E , 

Wetzell,  Alice  M 

Wetline,   Elizabeth    

Weiknecht,  Charles  H.  C. 

Weiser,  Jonathan  H , 

Weiser,  Stephen  F 

Weiser,  Robert  G.  C 

White,   Sarah  M 

White,  Walter  Harry  B.   . 


w 

Nov. 
Nov. 
May 
May 

June 
Mar. 
June 
July 
June 


Mar. 
June 
Jan. 


Mar. 
Sept. 
Sept. 

June 

Jan 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Aug. 

Apr. 

Jan. 
Aug. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Aug. 
Aug. 


22,  1813 
15, 1815 
16, 1823 
25, 1825 

5. 1859 

18, 1846 

23, 1862 

4,1884 

6,1887 

1852 

1857 
19, 18 
13, 1850 
4,  1856 

1893 

1881 
26,  1840 
21,  1872 
14,  1907 

I909 
25,  1882 
8, 1907 
11, 1907 
18, 1837 
25, 1861 
13, 1910 

1,  1816 
29,  185 1 
12, 1827 
24, 1865 
12, 1884 
16, 1848 
r888 


June 
Jan. 
Sept. 
Mar. 

Jan. 
Dec. 
Oct. 
Apr. 
Apr. 


Nov. 

Feb 

Dec. 


Feb. 
July 
Jan. 

Apr. 
Aug. 
May 
Sept. 
Mar. 
Apr. 

Oct. 

June 

Sept. 

Apr. 

Oct. 

Mar. 


17, 1890I76 


1,  1897 
20,  1896 
13, 1901 


3i,  1870 

4,  1910 

10,  1885 

1, 1885 

12, 1893 

i860 

i860 

30, 1864 

1, 1909 

22,  1902 

1893 

1883I 

20, 1896I55 

19, 1893 

17, 1908 

1909 

6,  1912 

22,  1907 

23, 1908 

20, 1890 

13. 1910 

1,  1911 


25 

16 

4 

18 


17,  1892 
16,  1881 
24, 1902 
12,  1895 
4. 1887 
16,  1911 
1890 


27 


53 


16 
17 


11 
18 
18 


10  24 
9I28 


9I12 


Yingling,  Sarah  J JApr.    26,  1864I  Mar.       8,1908! 


Zellner,    Charles    

Zellner,  Mary  

Zettelmoyer,  Charles  A. 
Zettelmoyer,  Annie  T.    . 


Dec. 

11, 1802 

Sept. 

Dec. 

19, 1806 

Feb. 

June 

6, 1903 

Mar. 

Feb. 

3,  1907 

June 

23,  1876 
26, 1873 

28. 1907 

17. 1908 


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